(KUNA) -- The Turkish Army killed three Kurdish Workers Party (PKK) members during clashes southeastern the country, army sources said on Tuesday. The clashes took place in Tunceli Province on borders with Iraq, as the rebels refused to surrender to Army troops, a Turkish TV station reported, adding that another eight PKK members were arrested in the Turkish Province of Bengol.Starting in 1984, the PKK transformed itself into a paramilitary organization, which was largely based in Iran, Iraq and Syria, as it launched conventional attacks as well as bombings against Turkish governmental installations, military and civilian targets at the aim of establishing an independant state.