Turkish defense ministry boasts of killing 35,000 Kurds in Iraq, Syria in less than seven years

Azertag
June 7, 2022

The Turkish Ministry of National Defense continues to fight against all terrorist organizations

As of January 1, 425 [Kurds] have been neutralized as a result of 180 [military] operations carried out by the Turkish Armed Forces in northern Iraq. As of July 24, 2015, the number of [Kurds] neutralized in operations, including in northern Iraq and Syria, is 34,950.

The statement came from Turkish National Defense Ministry’s press and public relations officer, Marine Captain Burcu Nalic Yokuva at a briefing at the ministry….

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The statement said that Turkish National Defense Minister Hulusi Akar will represent President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the NATO Defense Ministers’ Meeting to be held in Brussels on June 15-16 and the NATO Summit of Heads of State and Government to be held in Madrid on June 29-30. reported.

Captain Yokuva said that all departments of the ministry resolutely continue the fight…