Posted on 10/24/2024 10:26:55 PM PDT by blueplum
Turkey's government says its military struck sites on Wednesday night in Iraq and Syria linked to Kurdish militant group the PKK, after blaming it for an attack near Ankara that killed at least five people.
Various videos from the attack earlier on Wednesday show at least two people firing guns around the entrance of Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI), which is located some 40km (25 miles) outside the capital....
No group has claimed responsibility for the attack, in which five people were killed and 22 injured.
"A total of 32 targets belonging to the terrorists were successfully destroyed" in the retaliatory attack, the Turkish defence ministry said in a statement.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called the attack on TAI "heinous" in a post on X.
Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said that two attackers, a woman and a man, had been "neutralised", adding that the attack had most likely involved the PKK....
TAI is a key player in Turkey’s aerospace industry, designing, developing and manufacturing various aircraft for commercial and military use.
It is the company designated by the Nato member to be the licensed manufacturer for the US-designed F-16 fighter jets. TAI also plays a role in modernising older aircraft for use by the Turkish military....
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