Kurdistan

Turkey has been completely purged of far-left terror groups' structures outside cities, Turkey's interior minister said on Jan. 15. 

"There are either one or two people or none" in rural areas, Süleyman Soylu told a graduation ceremony for 500 women special forces police officers. "They are also in a hurry to flee to Europe."

His mission was to terrorize members of the Kurdish expatriate community in Europe who tend to be vocal critics of the Turkish’s human rights record

A court on Dec. 21 sentenced Leyla Güven, a former deputy from the opposition Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) to over 22 years in prison for being a member of an armed terrorist group and making propaganda for it twice.

The 9th Heavy Penal Court in southeastern Diyarbakir province handed Güven 22 years and three months in prison and issued an arrest warrant for her.

Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi will pay a one-day official visit to Ankara to discuss economy and security matters with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan as the central government in Baghdad and the regional government in Arbil have launched a joint effort to wipe out the PKK and other terror groups from the Sinjar region of Iraq.

One more PKK/KCK terrorist surrendered to Turkish security forces, the country's Interior Ministry announced on Nov. 29. 

According to a statement by the ministry, the terrorist turned himself in as a result of persuasive efforts by police forces.

Turkey continues to block NATO defense plans for Poland and Baltic states despite a deal in London last year between Turkey's president and allied leaders, three allied diplomats and a French defense official said on Wednesday.

Diplomats said while Ankara has approved the plan, known as Eagle Defender, it has not allowed NATO military chiefs to put it into action.

Turkish police detained seven suspects in raids in Adana, southern Turkey, for their alleged links to the YPG/PKK terror group, security sources said on June 14.

Security units seized some 333,000 roots of cannabis sativa and at least 110 kilograms (nearly 250 pounds). of marijuana in eastern Turkey, authorities said on June 8. 

The Turkish president on May 30 extended condolences for the two soldiers and a police officer killed in southeastern Turkey.

Turkish forces "neutralized" 10 PKK terrorists in northern Iraq, Turkey's National Defense Ministry said on May 27. 
Five terrorists were "neutralized" in Haftanin and Hakurk regions after they were detected through reconnaissance and surveillance activities, the ministry said in a tweet.