Turkish Armed Forces neutralized 3 members of the PKK terrorist organization in the north of Iraq. This is stated in the message of the Ministry of National Defense of Turkey.
According to the message, the neutralized militants were discovered in the area of the anti-terrorist operation of Pençe-Kielit and the Gara area.
“3 terrorists of the RSC found in the Pençe -Kielit operation zone in the north of Iraq, as well as in the Gara area,” the report said.
The department noted that Türkiye is determined to eradicate a terrorist threat in the region at its origins.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that since 1984, when the militants of the RSC first carried out a bloody crime in Turkey, and until March 2020, 7,500 security forces of Turkey and 6,800 civilians were killed at the hands of this bloody organization. The United States and the European Union introduced PKK to the lists of terrorist organizations.
Despite Ankara’s attempts to find ways to settle the situation, the PKK terrorist organization has resumed armed attacks since July 2015.
In recent years, PKK seeks to shift responsibility for bloody crimes in the region to its branches.
In Syria, PKK terrorists are covered by the names Pyd and YPG, and in the last two years they call themselves “Syrian democratic forces.”
In Iran, PKK acts as “Party of Free Life of Kurdistan” (pjak).