The efforts of the Turkish Armed Forces this year in the region were neutralized 995 terrorists. This was announced by the press advice of the Ministry of National Defense of Turkey of the Zeki Akturk at a briefing in Ankara.
According to him, a decisive struggle against the threats of national security continues both within Turkey and beyond.
At the same time, people involved in terrorist organizations such as RSC/YPG, Fetö and Deasha pose a particular threat, he noted.
“53 terrorist, including in Iraq and northern Syria, was neutralized in the last week of the Turkish military. Thus, the total number of terrorists liquidated since the beginning of this year reached 995, and in general, from July 24, 2015 [when Ankara announced a new stage in the fight against terrorism – approx. “Anadol”] – 38 338 militants, “Akturk said.
The press advice noted that only during the ongoing Pençe-Kielit operation in the north of Iraq 586 terrorists have been neutralized today.
Turkish Armed Forces will continue to carry out large-scale measures in the area of the anti-terrorist operation of Pençe-Kielit until this region is completely cleaned of terrorists, Akturk added.
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).