Turkish military bombed PKK positions in northern Iraq
Turkish warplanes bombed today bases of outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in northern Iraq, in retaliation for the suicide bombing that occurred yesterday in the center of Ankara, killing 36 people and one of the perpetrators, said the army.
A total of 11 warplanes carried out raids to hit positions in Qandil area in the mountains of the northernmost tip of Iraq, where the leaders of PKK guerrillas, stated the Turkish general staff have been fortified.
Meanwhile, Turkish authorities imposed curfew 24 hours in the southeastern city of Sirnak, in order for the army to carry out operations against Kurdish militants in the region, announced the office of provincial governor.
The curfew is effective from today at 11.00 local time (and GMT). Security forces conducting operations in southeastern country, where months of conflict have destroyed much of the area.
There has been no claim of responsibility for the suicide attack that occurred in the heart of the Turkish capital, but the operational of way resembles to that held on February 17, in the same district, which was aimed at vehicles carrying military personnel and killed 29 people.
In that attack, the responsibility assumed by the Falcons for the Liberation of Kurdistan (TAK), the Kurdish separatist group that broke away from the insurgency of the Kurdistan Workers Party. The PKK is considered a terrorist organization by the US and the European Union.
Turkish warplanes bombed today bases of outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in northern Iraq, in retaliation for the suicide bombing that occurred yesterday in the center of Ankara, killing 36 people and one of the perpetrators, said the army.
A total of 11 warplanes carried out raids to hit positions in Qandil area in the mountains of the northernmost tip of Iraq, where the leaders of PKK guerrillas, stated the Turkish general staff have been fortified.
Meanwhile, Turkish authorities imposed curfew 24 hours in the southeastern city of Sirnak, in order for the army to carry out operations against Kurdish militants in the region, announced the office of provincial governor.
The curfew is effective from today at 11.00 local time (and GMT). Security forces conducting operations in southeastern country, where months of conflict have destroyed much of the area.
There has been no claim of responsibility for the suicide attack that occurred in the heart of the Turkish capital, but the operational of way resembles to that held on February 17, in the same district, which was aimed at vehicles carrying military personnel and killed 29 people.
In that attack, the responsibility assumed by the Falcons for the Liberation of Kurdistan (TAK), the Kurdish separatist group that broke away from the insurgency of the Kurdistan Workers Party. The PKK is considered a terrorist organization by the US and the European Union.
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