91 terrorists 'neutralized' in SE Turkey, N Iraq

91 terrorists 'neutralized' in SE Turkey, N Iraq

Terrorists were plotting terror attacks on military outposts, says Turkish General Staff

By Muhammed Boztepe

ANKARA (AA) - A total of 91 PKK terrorists were "neutralized" in Turkey's southeastern and eastern provinces of Diyarbakir, Bitlis, Sirnak, Bingol and northern Iraq over the past week, the Turkish military said on Saturday.

Turkish officials often use the word "neutralized" in their statements to imply the terrorists in question either surrendered or were killed or captured.

According to a statement by the Turkish General Staff, the operations were conducted on March 17-23.

During the operations, 34 guns and 29 explosives were seized and destroyed, while 6,925 undocumented migrants who were trying to enter the country were held, the statement added.

The terrorists had been plotting attacks on military outposts installed at the border, it said.

The PKK is listed as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the U.S., and the EU. In over 30 years of violence against Turkey, more than 40,000 people have been killed.

The group uses northern Iraq’s mountainous border region to launch attacks on Turkey and has its main base at Mt. Qandil, near the Iraq-Iran border.


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