Since Saturday night, Türkiye has been carrying out airstrikes on the YPG targets in northern Syria and on the PKK targets in northern Iraq.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has signalled that his country will launch ground offensives to follow up on recent airstrikes on YPG/PKK positions in Syria and Iraq.
The Turkish government has linked its airstrikes to an attack on Istanbul's Istiklal shopping street over a week ago.
It sees the YPG and the PKK as the masterminds behind the attack, but both have denied this. The investigation is still ongoing, the exact circumstances of the attack are unclear.
