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Turkish security forces neutralized 515 YPG/PKK terrorists over the last three months in counterterrorism operations at home and abroad.
“Neutralize” is the word Turkish authorities often use in their statements to imply that the terrorists in question either surrendered or were killed or captured.
Between Sept. 1 and Nov. 30, 17 security guards were martyred in YPG/PKK terror attacks.
The attacks also left three civilians dead and six others injured.
Nearly 1,400 PKK suspects -- including former deputy and mayors of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), an opposition party in Turkish parliament, -- were detained during anti-terror operations across Turkey. A total of 347 suspects were jailed.
At least four PKK terrorists were neutralized in air operations carried out in northern Iraq on Monday, the Turkish army said on Wednesday.Turkish authorities often use the word "neutralized" in their statements to imply the terrorists in question either surrendered or were killed or captured.The terrorists preparing for an attack on Turkish bases were neutralized by airstrikes carried out in northern Iraq, the Turkish General Staff said on Twitter.The terrorists were spotted during the army's reconnaissance and surveillance activities, it added.In its more than 30-year terror campaign against Turkey, the PKK -- listed as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the U.S. and the EU -- has been responsible for the deaths of some 40,000 people, including women and children.
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Senior YPG/PKK terrorists among neutralized
Senior terror operatives in the terror group including many on the wanted list of Turkey’s Interior Ministry have been neutralized in operations within and beyond Turkish borders.
The wanted list is divided into five color-coded categories, with red as the most wanted, followed by blue, green, orange and grey.
Deniz Yuksel, codenamed Haki, who was sought on the green category of the list, was neutralized in southeastern Diyarbakir province.
Fatih Ozden, codenamed Bager Andok, was neutralized during a counterterrorism operation in the southeastern Hakkari's Yuksekova district on Sept. 3.
A Turkish court approved a sentence of four years and eight months in prison for former head of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) Selahattin Demirtaş for spreading propaganda of an armed terrorist group.A three-year and six month prison sentence was also approved for HDP lawmaker Sırrı Süreyya Önder.Around a dozen HDP lawmakers are currently in prison pending trial for terrorism-related offenses after their parliamentary immunity was lifted in May 2016.Turkey's government believes the HDP has links to the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), which is listed as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the U.S. and EU.Turkish court rules to keep HDP co-chair Demirtaş in jailTwenty arrested for suspected PKK/KCK links in Turkey
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Ozden, one of the so-called heads of the terrorist group, was in the red category of the Interior Ministry's wanted list.
Mehmet Y., a convicted member of the PKK terror group, was arrested by Interpol in Bulgaria upon Turkey’s request on Sept. 5.
A total of nine YPG/PKK terrorists, who were behind the attack that martyred two Turkish soldiers during Operation Olive Branch in northern Syria, were brought to Turkey on Sept. 14.
The terrorists were caught in a joint operation by Turkish National Intelligence Service (MIT) and the Turkish gendarmerie forces in Syria's Afrin city.
They were involved in Jan. 23, 2018 terror attack in Rajo area of Afrin that left Lt. Oguz Kaan Usta and Specialist Sergeant Mehmet Muratdagi martyred.
This November Turkish security forces neutralized a total of 170 terrorists, including top figures in the terrorist group YPG/PKK, during operations at home and abroad.Turkish authorities often use the word "neutralized" in their statements to imply that the terrorists in question either surrendered or were killed or captured.The YPG/PKK terrorist attacks sought to target civilians, children, and infants and disturb Turkey’s peace, tranquility, and security.Between Nov. 1 and 30, three security guards were martyred and six security guards as well as three civilians were wounded in YPG/PKK attacks.Turkish jets 'neutralize' five PKK terrorists in N.IraqDuring an operation in various provinces of Turkey into the PKK’s attempts to lure young members to the terror group, 590 suspects -- including former deputy and mayors of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) -- were detained, and 165 of them were jailed.One of the four terrorists who were neutralized in the rural part of the Lice district in southeast Diyarbakir on Nov. 1 was identified as Ilyas Karakoc, codenamed Baran-Amed-Kino.Karakoc was on the Interior Ministry’s list of wanted terrorists, with a 300,000 Turkish lira ($57,400) reward on his head.Turkey 'neutralizes' 14 terrorists over past weekSelim Demiroglu, codenamed Firat Celi, was neutralized on Nov. 3 in the southeastern Sirnak province.Terrorist Ali Akbas, codenamed Zinar Amed, who also had a 300,000 Turkish lira ($57,400) reward on his head, was killed in an operation in the eastern Mus province on Nov. 27.Muhammed Kaya, who martyred Gendarme commander Maj. Arslan Kulaksiz in 2015, was also neutralized in the same operations.In its more than 30-year terror campaign against Turkey, the PKK -- listed as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the U.S. and the EU -- has been responsible for the deaths of nearly 40,000 people.The YPG is its Syrian branch.
Turkey strikes blow to YPG/PKK at home, abroad in Nov
The terrorists had taken away with them the body of the lieutenant which could only be found after 58 days.
Murat Akdogan, codenamed Ali Gever, who was marked orange in the Interior Ministry list, was neutralized during an operation in northern Iraq on Sept. 15.
Also, Sabri Kartal -- who was on the grey list -- was arrested in an operation in Yuksekova on Sept. 16.
Terrorists neutralized in October
On Oct. 9, the police arrested a senior PKK/KCK member, identified as Devlet Aslan, in cooperation with the National Intelligence Service, in the southeastern province of Batman.
Aslan is reportedly among the so-called heads of the terrorist group’s Belgium branch.
Turkish security forces have neutralized 14 PKK terrorists -- including two senior operatives -- during nationwide operations over the past week, said the Interior Ministry on Monday.Turkish authorities often use the word "neutralized" in their statements to imply the terrorists in question either surrendered, were killed or captured.In a statement, the ministry said that security forces carried out 2,836 anti-terror operations between Nov. 26 and Dec. 3.In its more than 30-year terror campaign against Turkey, the PKK -- listed as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the U.S. and the EU -- has been responsible for the deaths of nearly 40,000 people, including women and children.The ministry also said that 1,163 suspects were arrested for having links to the terror groups.Turkey, US carry out 2nd training for Manbij joint patrolsTerrorists leave weapons in N Iraq after Turkish opsSyrian opposition, YPG/PKK terrorists clash in Syria
Turkey 'neutralizes' 14 terrorists over past week
Serbest Paksoy, codenamed Rezan, and Selcuk Kose, codenamed Mahir Botan, were neutralized on Oct. 11 at Mt. Gabar of the southeastern Sirnak province.
Yusuf Tunc, who was in the grey category of the Interior Ministry list, was killed on Oct. 17 in a counterterrorism operation in the southeastern Adiyaman province.
Known by the initials K.B., a PKK terrorist who killed security guard Mehmet Paksoy in 2017, was arrested during an operation in the Uludere district of Sirnak on Oct. 24.
Turkish security forces arrested Emrah Nayci, the terror group's so-called senior representative of Gabar, in an operation in the rural areas of Sirnak on Oct. 31.
Terrorists neutralized in November
Ilyas Karakoc, codenamed Baran Amed Kino, was revealed to be among the four terrorists who were neutralized in the rural part of the Lice district in Diyarbakir on Nov. 1.
PKK terrorist Selim Demiroglu, codenamed Firat Celi, was neutralized on Nov. 3 in Sirnak.
Terrorist Ali Akbas, codenamed Zinar Amed, who had a 300,000 Turkish liras ($57,400) bounty on his head, was killed in an operation in the eastern Mus province on Nov. 27.
Muhammed Kaya, who martyred Gendarme commander Mj. Arslan Kulaksiz in 2015, was also neutralized in the same operation.
In its more than 30-year terror campaign against Turkey, the PKK -- listed as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the U.S. and the EU -- has been responsible for the deaths of nearly 40,000 people.
The YPG is its Syrian branch.