Türkiye 'neutralized' 162 PKK/YPG terrorists in northern Iraq, Syria: President Erdoğan

"A total of 194 targets were destroyed. As a result of our operations, 162 terrorists were neutralized."

Türkiye "neutralized" 162 PKK/YPG terrorists in northern Iraq and Syria in operations carried out since Oct. 1, the date of a foiled terrorist attack in the capital Ankara, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Monday.

"A total of 194 targets were destroyed. As a result of our operations, 162 terrorists were neutralized," Erdoğan said after a Cabinet meeting in the capital Ankara.

Türkiye will never allow the establishment of a terror corridor along its borders, Erdoğan said, adding that Ankara's fight against terrorism will continue resolutely.

"It is Türkiye's legitimate right to continue its cross-border operations until it completely eliminates the PKK, with all its names and extensions," he added, referring to such PKK offshoots as the YPG and SDF.

Türkiye has recently been carrying out airstrikes in northern Syria and Iraq to eliminate terrorist attacks on the Turkish people and security forces by "neutralizing" PKK/YPG and other terrorist elements to ensure border security based on its right to self-defense arising from Article 51 of the UN Charter.

The airstrikes followed last week's foiled attack in Türkiye's capital Ankara. On Oct. 1, a suicide bomber blew himself up in front of the Interior Ministry building, while another terrorist was killed by security forces at the entrance gate. Two police officers suffered minor injuries in the attack. The Turkish Interior Ministry confirmed the attackers' ties to the PKK terrorist group.

In its more than 35-year terror campaign against Türkiye, the PKK-listed as a terrorist organization by Türkiye, the US, and EU-has been responsible for the deaths of more than 40,000 people, including women, children, and infants. The YPG is its Syrian branch.

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