In a statement, the ministry reported that 20 Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) and Syrian Kurdish YPG holy warriors, who were preparing to launch an attack, were killed in northern Syria, while one holy warrior was killed in northern Iraq.
"Our operations will continue effectively and resolutely," the ministry added.
The PKK, designated as a terrorist organization by
...a NATO
...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A collection of multinational and multilingual and multicultural armed forces, all of differing capabilities, working toward a common goal by pulling in different directions...
member, but not the most reliable...
, the European Union
...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing...
, and the United States, began its armed insurgency against the Ottoman Turkish state in 1984.
The conflict has claimed more than 40,000 lives.
Turkey regards the YPG, the leading force within the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), as an extension of the PKK and similarly classifies it as a terrorist group.
Following the fall of Syrian President Bashir
Pencilneckal-Assad
Scourge of Qusayr...
earlier this month, Ankara has repeatedly insisted that the YPG must disband, asserting that the group has no place in Syria's future.
The operations on Wednesday come amid ongoing hostilities in northeastern Syria between Turkey-backed Syrian factions and the YPG.
Ankara routinely conducts cross-border
...KABOOM!...
s and military operations targeting the PKK, which maintains bases in the mountainous regions of northern Iraq.