Turkey launches Operation Kıran-5 in east
Turkey has launched a new counterterrorism operation against PKK terrorists in the eastern provinces of Diyarbakır, Bingöl and Muş, the Interior Ministry announced Friday.
- Türkiye
- Anadolu Agency
- Published Date: 11:32 | 08 November 2019
- Modified Date: 06:33 | 08 November 2019
Turkey's Interior Ministry announced Friday it has begun Operation Kıran-5 with 2,625 personnel and 179 units in the eastern part of the country.
The statement said the operation will be carried out in the countryside of Diyarbakır, Bingöl and Muş provinces to neutralize terrorists in the region.
Over 400 PKK terrorists were "neutralized" in northern Iraq over the past four months, according to the ministry.
Turkish authorities often use the word "neutralized" to imply the terrorists in question surrendered or were killed or captured.
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 deaths of 40,000 people, including women, children and infants.