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At least two PKK terrorists were “neutralized” in Turkey's eastern Van province, according to the provincial governor’s office on Saturday.
The terrorists were neutralized in Catak district during a counter-terror operation.
Turkish authorities use the word "neutralized" to signify the terrorist in question either surrendered, or were killed or captured.
The anti-PKK operations are ongoing in the region.
At least 19 suspects were arrested during an operation against the PKK terrorist organization, the governorship of Turkey's eastern Sirnak province said Saturday.In a statement, the governorship said an operation was launched in the Silopi district to apprehend the suspects.In the operation, weapons, ammunition, two books about Fetullah Gulen and a considerable amount of digital material were seized.The PKK -- listed as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the U.S. and the EU -- resumed its armed campaign against Turkey in July 2015.Since then, it has been responsible for the deaths of more than 1,200 Turkish security personnel and civilians, including women and children.FETO and its U.S.-based leader Fetullah Gulen orchestrated the defeated coup of July 15, 2016, which left 250 people martyred and nearly 2,200 injured.Ankara also accuses FETO of being behind a long-running campaign to overthrow the state through the infiltration of Turkish institutions, particularly the military, police, and judiciary.
At least 19 terror suspects arrested in Turkey
Turkish airstrikes have killed four PKK terrorists in northern Iraq, the General Staff said Saturday. According to a Turkish General Staff statement, the airstrikes were carried out in the Avasin Basyan region.Turkish army neutralizes 4,513 terrorists in Afrin opUS attempts to hide PKK terror assembly under ‘Manbij Local Council’In recent days Turkish officials have suggested that the Mt. Qandil region -- where the terrorist group has its headquarters -- may be the target of a future 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 death of some 40,000 people.
Turkish airstrikes in N Iraq kill four PKK terrorists
The United States, which is preparing to deliver Manbij to the Kurdistan Worker’s Party’s (PKK) Qandil cadre following quasi-efforts to ensure the terror group’s withdrawal from the city, is continuing to arm terrorists in the east of the Euphrates.The U.S. constructed a new air base in the al-Hasakah province’s town of Tal Baidar, and cargo planes loaded with arms and ammunition for the terror group landed one after another on June27.The C-130 J special operations aircraft and C-17 transport aircraft loaded with weapons and ammunition were dispatched to the recently completed military base, which is located 35 kilometers southeast of the Turkish border. The construction of the air base’s landing field lasted for one year.The U.S. has previously sent 2,000 cargo planes carrying arms and ammunition via Iraq’s Erbil to the PKK.PKK/YPG imprisons Arabs in Syria’s RaqqaUS sets up a new radar baseThe U.S. has started to establish a radar base in Tal Baidar, where extraordinary security measures have been taken. Despite U.S. President Donald Trump's call for the withdrawal of American troops from Syria, Washington has continued to construct new military bases in the country’s eastern and northern regions, facilitating its communication via underground channels.The U.S., which has designated the People’s Protection Units (YPG)-held town of Rmelan as its central position, conducts communication amongst its bases via underground fiber network channels in Kobani, al-Hasakah, Tabqa, Manbij, Tal Abyad, Deir Ezzor and Raqqa. There are 17 U.S. military bases in PKK occupied territories. The YPG is the armed wing of the Democratic Union Party (PYD), which is the Syrian offshoot of the PKK. The PKK is listed as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the European Union and the United States.The U.S has supplied the PKK/PYD terror organization with more than 5,000 truckloads of weapons to allegedly use in the fight against Daesh, despite Ankara’s warnings that the group is the Syrian offshoot of the PKK terror organization.US attempts to hide PKK terror assembly under ‘Manbij Local Council’Washington takes extraordinary precautions to protect PKK-occupied areasThe U.S is taking extraordinary measures to protect military positions in the regions occupied by the PKK, and has banned locals from coming within than five kilometers of the Pentagon’s designated points.Iraq’s Erbil has been used as the distribution center for the weapons and ammunition provided by the U.S. for the PKK for three years, but recently Tal Baidar and the surrounding towns have become a logistic center for Syria.Speaking to Yeni Safak daily, Syrian opposition members said it was questionable for the U.S. to dispatch arms to terrorists in an area merely 50 kilometers away from Manbij, where Washington and Ankara are conducting independent but coordinated patrols.Turkey’s military chief visits troops on Syria borderThe Manbij deal focuses on the withdrawal of the PKK-affiliated YPG terror group from the city in order to stabilize the region. Under the deal, Turkish and U.S. troops conduct patrols in the area -- six patrols to date.The opposition members added that the arms shipment shows that preparation that goes far beyond the fight against the Daesh is being made.
US uses new base in Syria’s north to arm PKK
The PKK -- listed as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the U.S. and the EU -- resumed its armed campaign against Turkey in July 2015.
Since then, it has been responsible for the deaths of more than 1,200 Turkish security personnel and civilians, including women and children.