By Can Erozden
ANKARA (AA) – Turkey “neutralized ” a most-wanted PKK/KCK terrorist in an operation in northern Iraq, the Turkish General Staff said on Wednesday.
Turkish authorities often use the word “neutralized ” in their statements to imply the terrorists in question either surrendered or were killed or captured.
Turkish Army said on Twitter that PKK/KCK's senior figure of Sinjar province, Ismail Ozden — codenamed Mam Zeki Sengali — was neutralized in a joint operation by Turkish Armed Forces and intelligence in Sinjar.
It is reported that Ozden, 66, is the first PKK/KCK terrorist in the red-category “neutralized ” by Turkey in an operation abroad.
The wanted list is divided into five color-coded categories, with red as the most wanted followed by blue, green, orange and grey.
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.
