Recep Tayyip Erdogan convenes an emergency safety council at Istanbul’s Ataturk Airport, upon his arrival in Turkey from Kazan, Russia, the place he left prior to finishing his program on the BRICS Summit, because of the armed assault in Ankara.
It’s recalled that the fatal assault came about the day prior to this (23/10) on the headquarters of the Turkish Aerospace Business (TUSAŞ) in Ankara and resulted within the loss of life of 5 other folks and the harm of twenty-two others.
Higher security features at airports after the assault
In the meantime, security features were higher in any respect airports in Turkey.
Specifically, security features at airports had been higher to an “orange” alert degree. On the two airports in Istanbul, automobiles getting into and exiting are scrutinized, whilst passenger IDs are checked.
Because of this passengers who will trip are warned to be on the airports on time in case of delays.
Turkey attributes the assault to the PKK – Retaliation has already begun
It’s famous that the Minister of the Inside of Turkey introduced that one of the crucial two perpetrators of the assault at the Turkish aerospace business TUSAS, at the outskirts of Ankara, is a member of the Kurdish group PKK and his identify is Ali Orek.
The assault was once allegedly performed via two attackers, a person and a lady, who’re each lifeless.
The Turkish Ministry of Protection introduced that once the assault on Ankara, 47 goals, positions of the PKK and its allies, had been bombed in northern Iraq and at the territory of Syria.
The Kurdish forces in Syria introduced, for his or her phase, that 12 civilians had been killed via the Turkish bombardments.
Is the assault related to Ocalan?
The Turkish press, then again, related the assault to the proposal via the chief of the far-right birthday celebration and Erdogan’s govt spouse, Devlet Bakhceli, that PKK chief Abdullah Ocalan may well be launched on parole if he renounced armed motion and disbanded the group.
In truth, the day prior to this, the Turkish government allowed, for the primary time after 43 months, Ocalan to obtain a discuss with to the island of Imrali within the Propontis, the place he has been held for the remaining 25 years.
He was once visited via his nephew Omer Ocalan and reportedly despatched the message that, if the prerequisites are correct, he has the facility to transport this procedure from war and violence to a criminal and political foundation.
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