The Turkish capital Ankara was shocked by a huge explosion on Sunday morning. According to a report, the banned Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) was behind the attack opposite the Ministry of Interior.
The action was a response to Turkey’s actions in Kurdish areas, the PKK-affiliated news agency ANF quoted a report from the HPG, the military wing of the PKK, on Sunday. Thousands of people have been killed in the decades-long conflict between the PKK and the Turkish state.
According to government information, one attacker blew himself up in front of the Ministry of the Interior and another was shot in the head. Two police officers were slightly injured in the firefight following the explosion.
Regular police operations against the PKK
Ankara regularly carries out military operations against the PKK in southeastern Turkey and northern Iraq. The latter in turn carries out repeated attacks, especially on Turkish security forces. But civilians also die.
Turkey accuses the PKK of endangering national security and unity through terror. The PKK states that it fights, among other things, for the ‘rights of the Kurds’ and against oppression. In 2015, a peace process between Türkiye and the PKK failed.
Source: Krone
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