Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya announced on Tuesday that a terrorist who was involved in attacks that killed 4 gendarmes and injured 2 others had been neutralized.
The terrorist, who was named Sultan Oruç and code-named "Ardem Ararat," was in the gray category of the Interior Ministry's Wanted for Terrorism list. He was neutralized in a clash with gendarmerie commandos in the rural area of Hizan district in Bitlis province.
Yerlikaya said that Oruç had received mine and sabotage training, and that he was involved in a number of attacks against security forces in the region. He also said that Oruç was responsible for the deaths of the 4 gendarmes and the injuries of the 2 others.
Yerlikaya congratulated the gendarmerie commandos for their successful operation, and he vowed that the government would continue to fight against terrorism until it is eradicated.
"We will not let the traitors breathe so that the blood of our martyrs does not remain on the ground! Our struggle will continue until the terror ends," he said.
