By Sena Guler
ANKARA (AA) – At least eight PKK terrorists were “neutralized” Wednesday in an airstrike in northern Iraq, according to the Turkish military.
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 terrorists were “neutralized ” in Haftanin and Gara regions in northern Iraq, the Turkish General Staff announced on Twitter.
The terrorists were plotting attacks on Turkish military bases, it added.
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.
