Abdullah Öcalan

Two Turkish opposition parties called for protests in Constantinople today after the arrest and replacement of a mayor accused of being a member of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK).

The condition of those injured in last week's deadly terror attack in the capital Ankara is showing signs of improvement, Health Minister Kemal Memişoğlu said on Oct. 30.

"The general condition of our wounded is good at the moment," Memişoğlu told reporters at the parliament.

Erdoğan’s ruling partner made a “bombshell” proposal, calling on Abdullah Öcalan to announce the dissolution of the Kurdish Workers’ Party PKK in exchange for its release.

Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli called on the PKK to lay down its arms on Oct. 22.

Turkish security sources reported on May 13 that a senior PKK member has been neutralized in an operation conducted by the National Intelligence Organization (MİT) in northern Iraq's Gara region.

Sedat Aksu, operating under the codename Şevger Çiya, was reportedly behind orchestrating terrorist activities against security forces in Türkiye, Syria and Iraq, according to the sources.

Turkish security forces have apprehended a terrorist operating as the leader of the so-called "northern Paris youth branch" of the PKK/KCK terrorist organization, upon his arrival at Istanbul Airport from France.

Nationalist Movement Party's (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli has launched a scathing critique against the Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) in the aftermath of last week's deadly PKK attacks, arguing that Treasury aid to the party should be immediately severed.

A rally marking the third anniversary of the failed coup attempt in Istanbul, Turkey, 15 July 2019. Photo: EPA-EFE/ERDEM SAHIN

"We invite the authorities to adhere to national and universal legal regulations and to comply with human rights rules in their investigations and prosecutions," MAZLUMDER said in a statement.

A Turkish court on Tuesday jailed the chief editor of an opposition TV channel pending trial on a charge of spreading terrorist propaganda, state-owned Anadolu news agency reported.

Some 506 PKK terrorists have been neutralized so far in the Operation Claw-Lock, Defense Minister Hulusi Akar has stated, adding that the Zap region in northern Iraq has been largely cleared of terrorists.