Turkish Ministry Of Defense: Over Past Week, 72 Terrorist Has Been Neutralized

During the operations of the Turkish Armed Forces, 72 terrorist was neutralized over the past week, including in the north of Iraq and Syria. This was stated at a briefing by an adviser to relations with the press and public of the Ministry of National Defense of Turkey Rear Admiral Zeki Akturg.

Turkish Armed Forces continue to carry out successful operations against eliminating all types of threats, and mainly against PKK/KCK/Pyd -YPG terrorist organizations, Deash and Feto, Akturk emphasized. According to him, the operations of the Turkish Armed Forces both inside the camp and beyond, will continue without a break.

Over the past week, thanks to the “uninterrupted and comprehensive” anti -terrorism operations, the Turkish armed forces has neutralized 72 terrorist, the adviser noted.

“Thus, the total number of terrorists neutralized from January 1 reached 2611 people,” he said.

According to Akturk, during the Pençe-Kielit operation, which was started in the north of Iraq on April 17, 2022, the threat of penetration across the border in the Zap region was eliminated, security on the border with Iraq was fully ensured.

The military adviser emphasized that the Turkish armed forces will continue their operation until there is not a single terrorist.

“As a result of the operations and actions of aviation carried out in the Pençe-Kielit zone, today 1128 terrorists have been neutralized in total, 3,146 minutes and IEDs laid down by terrorists in the region are detained. In addition, 1317 caves are brought into an unusable state and the unusable state shelters, 2408 units of various weapons of terrorists were seized, ”he said.