According to a news agency, the PKK is said to be behind the attack in the Turkish capital Ankara. According to a report, the group claimed responsibility for the crime. Turkey bombed targets in northern Iraq.
The banned Kurdish Workers’ Party PKK has apparently claimed responsibility for the attack in the Turkish capital Ankara. This is reported by the ANF news agency, which is politically close to the PKK. The “action” went exactly according to plan and was a reaction to Turkey’s actions in Kurdish areas, ANF quoted from a suspected letter of responsibility from the HPG, the military wing of the PKK.
During the incident, one of the attackers blew himself up in front of the Interior Ministry. According to government information, a second man was shot dead by police before he could detonate his explosive vest. Two police officers were slightly injured in the exchange of fire. They are receiving medical treatment.
Turkish Justice Minister Yılmaz Tunç wished the police officers a speedy recovery. The Attorney General’s Office has opened a judicial investigation. “Our fight against terrorism will continue even more resolutely, no one should doubt that,” wrote Tunç at X.
Türkiye bombs targets in northern Iraq
A few hours after the attack, the Turkish Air Force said it attacked targets in northern Iraq. The Defense Ministry announced in the evening that “a large number of terrorists were neutralized.” Around 20 targets that were attributed to the PKK were destroyed. This included caves and rebel camps.
The PKK is said to have its headquarters in the Qandil Mountains in northern Iraq. Northern Iraq is a safe haven for PKK fighters.
Erdogan: “The last twitch of terror”
The attack in Ankara coincided with the opening of the new legislative period of the Turkish parliament and occurred in close proximity to the parliament. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called the attacks a “final spasm of terror” in his opening speech. The “villains” have not achieved their goals and will never achieve them, said Erdogan, according to the state news agency Anadolu.
On the parliament’s agenda – although without a specific date – was, among other things, the vote on Sweden’s accession to NATO, which Turkey has been blocking for months. Ankara is calling on Sweden to take tougher action against the PKK, which is listed on the European Union’s terror list.