Turkish intelligence warns of new terror attacks
Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization (MIT) has warned of the threat of new terrorist attacks by the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in the country, the Turkish newspaper ‘Huriyyet’ said Apr. 4.
The country's intelligence has information that the militants of the PKK terrorist organization plan terror attacks using suicide bombers in several major cities.
A car bomb attack in Ankara on March 13 killed 37 people. Istanbul was also targeted by a suicide attack on March 19 leaving five people dead.
The conflict between Turkey and the PKK, which demands the creation of an independent Kurdish state, has continued for over 25 years and has claimed more than 40,000 lives.
The UN and the European Union listed the PKK as a terrorist organization.
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