Abdullah Öcalan

Turkey has launched 80,570 counterterrorism operations against the outlawed PKK in the first eight months of 2019, Turkish Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu said on Aug. 22

A Turkish military operation against the PKK terror group in three southeastern provinces will continue until every last terrorist is cleared from the area, a top commander said on Aug. 21.           

Turkish security forces "neutralized" Thursday two PKK terrorists in southeastern Turkey, the nation's Defense Ministry said.         

Turkish intelligence and army have "neutralized" two PKK terrorists, who plotted an armed attack that killed a Turkish diplomat in northern Iraq's Erbil, Anadolu Agency reported on Aug. 8.

Turkey will launch a military operation in Syria's terrorist PKK/YPG-occupied eastern Euphrates region, and it has informed both the U.S. and Russia of this coming operation, said the Turkish president on Aug. 4. 

At least two PKK terrorists were "neutralized" in the eastern province of Ağrı on July 21, according to the Turkish Defense Ministry.

Turkey launched counter-terror Operation Claw-2 in northern Iraq on July 12 at 10 pm (local time), the Turkish National Defense Ministry said on July 13.
Turkey will continue to destroy weapon emplacements and shelters used by PKK terrorists in a new area with Operation Claw-2, said the ministry in a statement.

Turkey's envoy to the United States conveyed his concerns to The Washington Post on July 11 after it published an opinion piece by a leader of the PKK terrorist organization.

In a phone call, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşogğu and U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres discussed the U.N.'s signing of "an action plan" with the PKK/YPG, listed as terrorist organization by Turkey, the U.S. and the EU, diplomatic sources said on July 5. YPG is the Syrian offshoot of the illegal PKK.

Turkey has lodged protests with U.N.'s Geneva office for signing a deal with PKK terror group and Switzerland for giving entry to the terrorists, officials said on July 4.