EU extends sanctions against terrorist group PKK

By Agnes Szucs

BRUSSELS (AA) – The European Union extended on Monday sanctions against terrorist groups PKK and DHKP/C for another 6 months as it updated its terrorist list.

The EU’s terrorist list has been renewed without any changes on the entries for a further six months, Council of the European Union announced in a statement.

The blacklist list continues to feature 13 persons and 21 entities or groups, including PKK and far-left DHKP/C, who are subject to restrictive measures.

Terrorist organizations IBDA-C and TAK are also sanctioned.

In order to combat terrorism, the bloc freezes the funds and financial assets in the EU of the enlisted persons and groups, and it bans EU operators to make economic resources available to them.

The EU applies a separate sanction mechanism for al-Qaeda and ISIS/Daesh.

In its more than 35-year terror campaign against Türkiye, the PKK has been responsible for the deaths of more than 40,000 people, including women and children.

The DHKP-C is responsible for numerous terror attacks in Türkiye, including the 2013 attack on the US Embassy in Ankara.

Both the PKK and DHKP-C are listed as terrorist organizations by Türkiye and the US.