By Sertac Bulur
ANKARA (AA) – At least 36 PKK terrorists have been “neutralized ” as part of anti-terror operations across Turkey over the past week, the Interior Ministry said in a statement Monday.
Turkish authorities often use the word “neutralized ” in their statements to imply that the terrorists in question either surrendered or were killed or captured.
The ministry said the Turkish Armed Forces carried out 1,994 counter-terror operations on July 23-30 in ground raids and air strikes.
The ministry said 18 of the terrorists were killed, six others were captured, and 12 surrendered to authorities.
In its more than 30-year terror campaign against Turkey, the PKK — listed as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the U.S. and the EU — has been responsible for the death of some 40,000 people, including women and children.
