Turkey calls on Iraq to declare PKK a terrorist organization

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Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan called on Iraq to officially recognize the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) as a terrorist organization. His words at the press conference he held in Baghdad with his Iraqi counterpart, Fuad Hussein, were published by the agency. Anatolia.

We must not allow our common enemy, the terrorist organization PKK, to poison our relations. “We cannot remain indifferent to the threat Iraq poses to its sovereignty,” said Fidan.

The Turkish diplomat stated that the PKK occupied the Sinjar and Qandil regions of Iraq and many Iraqi villages. According to him, the organization ignores the border between Iraq and Syria and “trying to create a terror corridor by connecting the two regions” in the north of the two countries.

On August 16, Yeni Şafak newspaper wrote that he had written in anticipation of Sweden joining NATO. delivery Just four of the 70 alleged suspects who may be linked to organizations identified as terrorists in Turkey.

The Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) is a Kurdish paramilitary organization that seeks to establish an independent Kurdish state in historical Kurdistan. Its supporters are engaged in an armed struggle against Turkey. Turkey has been recognized by the United States as a terrorist organization in Europe. In addition, Turkey generally sees the demand for education in Kurdish as supporting PKK’s terrorist activities.

Former Supreme Court of Sweden He made a decision Extradition of a PKK supporter to Turkey.

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