Holding an emergency security meeting in Istanbul chaired by Erdogan

According to Fars News Agency, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will hold an emergency meeting today (Saturday, January 13) to discuss the issue of the killing of 6 Turkish soldiers in northern Iraq on Friday.

According to the Ministry of Defense of Turkey, 6 soldiers were killed and 7 others were injured following the attack of “terrorist agents” to infiltrate the country’s military base in northern Iraq. This Turkish military base was located near Matina in northern Iraq, which was attacked by Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) forces on Friday. Ankara and its Western allies have declared the PKK a terrorist organization. Following this attack, Turkish forces announced the continuation of military operations in the region until the late hours of Friday night.

Following the killing of these soldiers, the ruling Justice and Development Party of Turkey and the main opposition party of this country, the Republican People’s Party, decided to introduce their candidates for the municipal elections that are scheduled to be held on 31 to be held in March, postpone it. These names were supposed to be finalized and announced on Sunday.

At the end of last December, 12 Turkish soldiers were killed during two attacks on two Turkish military bases in northern Iraq.

Turkey’s presidential office announced that today at 14:30 local time, Erdogan held an emergency meeting with Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan and Defense Minister Yaşar Güler, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya and President It will be held by the intelligence agency and diplomatic advisor Ibrahim Kalin.

During the past twenty-five years, Turkey has established dozens of military bases in the Iraqi Kurdistan region to fight the PKK and under the pretext of clearing PKK elements from northern Iraq. has repeatedly launched military attacks; Attacks that the Iraqi government considers illegal and trespassing on its territory.

Turkey launched the so-called “Locking Claw” operation in the mountains of northern Iraq against the PKK on April 28 last year. started. This operation ended on the 10th of January 1401, but occasional air and ground attacks and Turkish security operations continue. The areas of “Matina”, “Elzab”, and “Afshin” (Northern Basian) which are located in the provinces of Dohuk and Kirkuk, were considered operational areas of “lock claw” and during the past years, they witnessed intense clashes between the Turkish army and the PKK. is.

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