By Kemal Karadag
ANKARA (AA) – Turkish security forces have neutralized 34 terrorists in operations at home and abroad over the past week, according to the National Defense Ministry.
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 in a written statement that the operations were conducted in the southeastern provinces of Diyarbakir, Tunceli, Hakkari, Sirnak and Bingol, where PKK/KCK terrorists usually hide, and northern Iraq, where terrorists use as a route to cross into Turkey.
During the operations, 885 small arms ammunition, three antipersonnel mine, 23 kilograms (50 pounds) of ammonium nitrate, and 15 kilograms (33 pounds) of C-4 explosive material were destroyed among others, the statement added.
Forty-two weapon pits, shelters and depots were also destroyed.
Meanwhile, during anti-drug operations, security forces seized over 300 kilograms (661 pounds) of drugs across the country.
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 deaths of nearly 40,000 people, including women and children.
