Çetiner was born in Şanlıurfa's Gözelek district in 1967.
Turkish security forces neutralized Musa Çetiner, who was a senior Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) operative responsible for the Dersim district of Turkey’s Tunceli province, the Interior Ministry said on Thursday.
Çetiner was on the ministry’s red wanted list, and had a bounty of 4 million Turkish lira on his head. The Interior Ministry has categorized terrorists into different categories – red, blue, green, orange and gray – depending on their threat level for the country.
The PKK is listed as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the European Union and the United States. The PKK has been conducting armed violence in the southeastern part of Turkey since 1984. More than 40,000 people, mostly civilians, have been killed in the three-decade long conflict.
Four PKK terrorists have been neutralized in two separate airstrikes in eastern and southeastern Turkey, Turkish General Staff said Thursday.In a Twitter post, the General Staff said the airstrikes were carried out in Dogubeyazit district in eastern Agri province and in Nusaybin district in southeastern Mardin province.Turkish authorities often use the word “neutralized” in their statements to imply the terrorists in question either surrendered or were killed or captured.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.PKK terrorist arrested in Bulgaria
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PKK terrorist arrested in Bulgaria