By Hamdi Celikbas
ANKARA (AA) – Two PKK terrorists surrendered to security forces in Turkey as a result of persuasion efforts by gendarmerie forces, the Interior Ministry said on Tuesday.
The ministry said in a statement that after fleeing the PKK terror group outside of Turkey, the terrorists surrendered to Turkish forces thanks to persuasion efforts by the police and gendarmerie forces.
The terrorists joined the PKK in 2012 and 2015, and they were active in Syria and Iraq, it added.
With the latest additions, the number of terrorists who laid down their arms through persuasion efforts this year reached 243, it said.
In its more than 30-year terror campaign against Turkey, the PKK – listed as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the US, and EU – has been responsible for the deaths of 40,000 people, including women, children, and infants.
*Writing by Sena Guler in Ankara
