PUBLISHED : 5 Oct 2023 at 01: 45 Sunday’s attack in Ankara was the veryfirst to hit Turkey’s capital because2016 ISTANBUL – Turkey on Wednesday released fresh strikes versus Kurdish targets in Iraq and alerted of more extreme cross-border air raids after concluding that militants who staged a weekend attack in Ankara came from Syria. Turkey assembled a nationwide security conference including top defence and intelligence chiefs to prepare its reaction to Sunday’s attack on the capital’s federalgovernment district. Police shot dead one of the aggressors while the other passedaway in an obvious suicide blast exterior Turkey’s interior ministry that hurt 2 security officers. A branch of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) — noted as a fear group by Turkey and its Western allies — declared obligation for the veryfirst battle to hit Ankara consideringthat2016 “It hasactually endedupbeing clear that the 2 terrorists came from Syria and were trained there,” Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan stated in telecasted remarks. “From now on, all facilities, big centers and energy centers belonging to (armed Kurdish groups) in Iraq and Syria are genuine targets for our security forces,” Fidan included. “I suggest that 3rd celebrations stay away from these centers.” Turkey carriedout air raids versus PKK back bases in the northern mountains of Iraq hours after Sunday’s attack. The defence minutes
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