Turkish air force struck Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) targets in northern Syria and Iraq late Wednesday night, the Turkish Ministry of Defense announced in retaliation for a deadly attack on a defense company headquarters near Ankara earlier in the day. did.
Turkey’s state news agency Anadolu Agency said 32 targets were destroyed in the evening attacks and air operations continued. The Defense Ministry said the Turkish military “will continue the fight against terrorism with determination and resolve until there are no terrorists left.”
Turkey’s Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said earlier in the day that PKK members were involved in the attack on the Turkish Aerospace Industries Corporation (TUSAŞ) headquarters that left five people dead and 22 injured, according to Anadolu Agency. It’s very likely.”
State-owned defense manufacturer TUSAŞ manufactures and assembles military and civilian aircraft at this facility. Neither the PKK nor any other group claimed responsibility for the attack.
Wednesday’s violence marks the latest escalation in ongoing fighting between Turkey and an outlawed Kurdish militia, which the Turkish government and some Western allies, including the United States, have designated as a terrorist organization. .
