Turkish Armed Forces neutralized 9 PKK terrorists in the north of Iraq. On Wednesday, February 19 was reported in the Ministry of National Defense of Turkey.
Air strikes are applied by the location of the militants in the areas of Gara and Khakurk, said in the defense department.
The Turkish Ministry of Defense emphasized the determination and further apply effective strikes on the objects of terrorists.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that since 1984, when the militants of the RSC for the first time had 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)