[1/5] Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan addresses members of parliament as he attends the reopening of the Turkish parliament after the summer recess in Ankara, Turkey, October 1, 2023.
Murat Cetinmuhurdar/PPO/Handout via REUTERS Acquire Licensing RightsSummary Air strikes destroy 20 militant targets in Iraq, Turkey saysPKK group earlier claimed responsibility for Ankara attackIt was the first such attack in Ankara in yearsISTANBUL, Oct 2 (Reuters) - Turkish air strikes in north Iraq late on Sunday "neutralised" many Kurdish militants and destroyed their depots and shelters, Turkey's defence ministry said, hours after a Kurdish group claimed responsibility for a bomb attack in Ankara.
The outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militant group claimed responsibility for the attack.
The bomb killed one attacker and authorities killed the other, the interior minister said.
It launched an insurgency in southeast Turkey in 1984 and more than 40,000 people have been killed in the conflict.
Persons:
Tayyip Erdogan, Murat Cetinmuhurdar, Daren Butler, Robert Birsel
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Turkish, Ankara, Turkey, Handout, Iraq, ISTANBUL, Gara, United States, Ataturk, Kayseri, Islamic State