There are at least seven people dead When the helicopter crashed on Wednesday Iraqi media reported that the planes were flying in the Iraqi Kurdistan region. A security source consulted by the Shafaq news portal pointed out that a helicopter belonging to the Turkish Armed Forces was lost due to bad weather and crashed into an oil field.
However, hours later, the Turkish Ministry of Defense denied that the crashed plane belonged to the Army, according to TRT television, and stated that this information was not correct because no Turkish helicopters were flying over that area.
Turkish attacks on Iraqi territory are frequent It is part of operations conducted by its troops against the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) both in Turkey and in northern Iraq, where the formation has several bases, since the ceasefire signed between the Government and the armed group in July 2015.