Turkey bombs Kurds in Syria and Iraq
Turkey was bombed last Wednesday night 32 targets in northern Iraq and SyriaIn response to an attack that had killed five people hours earlier at an arms factory near Ankara. The attack has not yet been claimed, nor have its perpetrators been identified, but it has not been prevented The counter-offensive was directed against Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) rebels.Who fight for the independence of the Kurdish-majority Turkish region.
The Turkish Defense Ministry said in a statement collected by Efe that the Turkish Armed Forces They have “neutralized” “several terrorists”Without specifying the number of deaths or injuries. The ministry said that “all precautions have been taken to avoid harm to innocent civilians, friendly elements, historical and cultural properties and the environment.”
Military operations will continue “decisively” in the border area with northern Syria and Iraq, where Turkey maintains a military presence.
Attack not yet claimed
The perpetrators of Wednesday’s attack near Ankara, which killed five people and injured at least 22, Not yet identified, nor claimed by any group in action“We are still working on identifying the terrorists and their fingerprints,” Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said. However, Yerlikaya has said that the modus operandi points to the PKK.
The attack began on Wednesday afternoon, when two youths, a man and a woman, armed with assault rifles and explosives, arrived at the door in a taxi. Tusas Military Aeronautical FactoryOn the northern outskirts of Ankara, a facility where about 15,000 people work. Military aircraft have been developed in Tucson, including the Kahn fighter-bomber, the Hurjet training aircraft and the Hurkus light aircraft, Efe reports.
The attackers entered with explosives and bullets and killed four employees and the taxi driver, until they were killed by security forces.
Last Tuesday, Devlet Bahceli, the leader of Turkey’s ultranationalist party MHP, a coalition partner of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, proposed launching a peace initiative with Kurdish guerrillas. Bahceli proposed inviting the PKK founder to the Turkish Parliament, Abdullah OcalanWho has been serving a life sentence in solitary confinement since 1999, so from there he announced the dissolution of the guerrilla within the framework of the peace process.