Turkish tank operates against Kurds. File photo (AP Photo)
The Turkish army has “neutralized” (is the word it uses for deaths) 32 members of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party in various areas of northern Iraq, the Ministry of Defense announced today.
According to the announcement, these operations took place in the Haftanin, Ghara and Harkuk regions of northern Iraq.
Turkish cross-border attacks in northern Iraq have been a source of tension with Baghdad for many years. Ankara is seeking more cooperation from Iraq in dealing with Kurdish rebels, and Baghdad in March labeled the PKK a “prohibited organization”.
Last month, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan held talks with Iraqi officials in Baghdad and Arbil about the PKK’s continued presence in northern Iraq, as well as other issues. He later said he believed Iraq saw the need to neutralize the PKK.
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