Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says that Türkiye neutralised a total of 480 terrorists since the beginning of the ongoing Operation Claw-Lock in northern Iraq, located near the country's border.
Türkiye's Defence Ministry offered condolences to the families of the soldiers and the Turkish nation, after two soldiers were killed and three others injured when terrorists opened "harassing fire".
President Erdogan extended his condolences to mourning families, the Turkish Armed Forces and to the nation after three Turkish soldiers were killed in the Operation Claw-Lock zone.
The attack near the Turkish border gate was carried out by YPG/PKK terrorists, who have hideouts in northern Syria.
Türkiye is pleased that the new Swedish government said it will comply with the tripartite memorandum signed between Sweden, Türkiye and Finland in Madrid, says Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
President Erdogan tells NATO chief Stoltenberg that measures by both Nordic nations against PKK terror group and its affiliates would determine how fast Ankara will ratify their memberships, says Turkish presidency.
German police arrested PKK supporters in Essen city after they attacked a Turkish citizen, who was waiting at a red light in his car.
Ankara sees a spike in PKK terror activities in Germany, top diplomat Mevlut Cavusoglu tells visiting German counterpart Annalena Baerbock, adding Berlin lost its impartiality as negotiator between Türkiye and Greece.
NATO is not an economic cooperation organisation, so Sweden and Finland are expected to end the existence of terror groups in their countries, says Türkiye's presidential spokesperson.
Mosques continue to be targeted by neo-Nazis or left-wing extremists, but attacks are not properly investigated by German authorities, according to a new report.
"Türkiye maintains the admission of Sweden and Finland entails risks for its own security and the organisation's [NATO] future," President Erdogan argues in The Economist article.
"Since the PKK is listed as a terrorist organisation in Europe, it's important that we do our part not to allow any preparations for terrorist activity on Finnish soil," says Finnish FM Pekka Haavisto.
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