Turkey Targets PKK Militants After Blast Rocks Ankara

By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent Worthy News

ANKARA (Worthy News) – Turkey confirmed late Sunday that it struck Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq, hours after a suicide blast hit the interior ministry in Ankara, the capital.

The government said “20 targets” were destroyed in the air strikes, and “many” militants from the banned Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) rebel group were “neutralized,” suggesting they’d been killed.

The PKK said earlier Sunday that the bombing in Ankara was carried out by a group linked to them, a member of which blew himself up.

Police killed a second attacker, and two police officers were injured, authorities said.

The PKK is considered a terror group in Turkey, the European Union, Britain, and the United States, although there have been concerns that Turkish authorities have also targeted innocent members of the Kurdish community.

Sunday’s air strikes targeted caves, depots, and bunkers used by the PKK, Turkey’s defense ministry said.

Sunday’s explosion in Ankara came as Parliament there was scheduled to reopen on Sunday, following the summer recess.

Turkey has seen several terror attacks and a coup attempt in recent years.

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