The efforts of the Turkish Armed Forces since the beginning of this year in the region have neutralized 892 terrorist. This was announced by the press advice of the Ministry of National Defense of Turkey of the Zeki Akturg.
He noted that a decisive struggle against the threats of national security continues both within Turkey and beyond.
At the same time, persons involved in terrorist organizations such as RSC/YPG, Fetö and Deash.
pose a particular threat.
“Over the past week, the Turkish military has neutralized 44 terrorist, including in Iraq and northern Syria. Thus, the total number of terrorists liquidated since the beginning of this year reached 892, and in general, from July 24, 2015 [when Ankara is when Ankara announced a new stage in the fight against terrorism – approx. “Anadola”] – 38 235 militants, “Akturk said.
According to him, active steps are also taking acts to protect the state border, where 193 attempts of illegal penetration are suppressed in a week. “20 people from this number are terrorists, including 15 functionaries of the terrorist organization Fetullah Gulen (Fetö). In addition, 2,900 people were detained before they could cross the border,” Akturk said.
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).