Baku, Azerbaijan, Apr. 13
By Rufiz Hafizoglu - Trend:
A major terrorist attack has been prevented in the southeastern Turkish province of Mardin on the Syrian border, Anadolu agency reported Apr. 13
A car bomb was discovered as a result of a police special operation. The attack was prepared by members of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) terrorist group, according to preliminary data.
Earlier, Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that over 5,359 PKK members have been eliminated as a result of the operations against this terrorist group since July of 2015. He added that 355 Turkish servicemen were killed during these operations, which will continue until the complete destruction of the PKK.
The conflict between Turkey and the PKK, which demands the creation of an independent Kurdish state, has continued for over 25 years and has claimed more than 40,000 lives. The UN and the European Union listed the PKK as a terrorist organization.
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