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Turkiye’s Ministry of Defense confirmed that the Turkish military carried out airstrikes targeting 19 PKK strongholds in northern Iraq.
The operation was carried out late on October 25 and focused on areas such as Metina, Gala, Avasyn, Hakluk and Qandil, and targeted numerous targets including caves, shelters and warehouses used by PKK cadres, the ministry said in a statement. destroyed.
The statement said the purpose of the mission was to “neutralize terrorist elements involved in attacks on Turkish security forces from northern Iraq and strengthen border security.” Turkish military and authorities use the term “neutralized” to imply that the terrorists in question have surrendered, been killed or captured.
The ministry issued the statement under the headline “One Night, Suddenly”, referring to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s often-used statement, “Sometimes we suddenly come one night.”
“The Turkish Armed Forces, born from the heart of our noble nation, will continue to fight against terrorism with resolve and resolve, as always, for the survival and security of our country and its people, until there is no terrorist left.” I read the statement.
The airstrike follows a series of military actions launched by President Turkiye in response to a suicide bombing in the capital Ankara on October 1. The PKK claimed responsibility for the attack near the Interior Ministry building and is in a standoff with police in which one attacker detonated a bomb, killing another. Two police officers suffered minor injuries in the incident.
Since the attack, Turkiye has stepped up operations against PKK targets in both Iraq and Syria. At the same time, nationwide raids resulted in the detention of a number of individuals suspected of having ties to the PKK.
The PKK, listed as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the United States and the European Union, has claimed the lives of more than 40,000 people, including women, children and infants, in more than 35 years of terrorist operations against Turkey.
Turkiye parliament last week approved a presidential memorandum extending the deployment of Turkish troops to Iraq and Syria for another two years.
The memorandum received 357 votes in favor and 164 votes against, but was opposed by the main opposition parties, the Republican People’s Party (CHP) and the pro-Kurdish People’s Equality Democratic Party (HEDEP).
