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Turkey captures alleged PKK member in ‘northern Iraq’: state media
2020-10-24
[Rudaw] Ottoman Turkish intelligence has captured an alleged member of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in "northern Iraq" and returned him to The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...Qatar's satrapy in Asia Minor...
, according to state media.

Ottoman Turkish state-owned Anadolu Agency (AA) reported on Friday that the National Intelligence Organization (MIT) captured Ferhat Tekiner, wanted by Ottoman Turkish police for involvement in the 2016 Kayseri explosion which killed 15 coppers and maimed 54 others.

AA did not specify where in northern Iraq - which could refer to the Kurdistan Region or disputed areas like Kirkuk or Nineveh - Tekiner was captured. However,
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his mother had told police that her son had fled to Sulaimani province.

Tekiner is accused of aiding the perpetrator of a deadly explosion against Ottoman Turkish army in Kayseri province in 2016, according to state media.

Sulaimani police told Rudaw English that they were not aware of the operation. The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) was unavailable for comment.

According to AA, Tekiner is accused of stealing a bus for Kenan Cicek, who then drove the bus and detonated a bomb on the vehicle on December 17, 2016.

At the time of the earth-shattering kaboom, Ottoman Turkish media reported that the off-duty military personnel onboard had played a significant role in anti-PKK military operations.

Ottoman Turkish President His Enormity, Sultan Recep Tayyip Erdogan the First
...Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him. It's a sin, a shame, and a felony to insult the president of Turkey. In Anatolia did Recep Bey a stately Presidential Palace decree, that has 1100 rooms. That's 968 more than in the White House, 400 more than in Versailles, and 325 more than Buckingham Palace, so you know who's really more important...
immediately blamed the PKK for the attack, saying it was related to developments in Iraq and Syria, where Ankara regularly targets the PKK and others it says are affiliated to the group.

"We know that these attacks we are being subjected to are not independent from the developments in our region, especially in Iraq and Syria," he said on the day of the earth-shattering kaboom.
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Related:
Kayseri: 2019-12-31 Turkey Arrests 100 IS Suspects
Kayseri: 2019-10-20 Erdogan says Syrian Army is active in Turkey’s operation area
Kayseri: 2019-07-03 Turkish police arrest nine Islamic State terrorists in central Turkey
Related:
Sulaimani: 2020-08-31 Four ISIS suspects arrested in Sulaimani in July: statement
Sulaimani: 2020-08-22 Kurdish counter-terror forces capture ISIS sleeper cell in Erbil: Coalition
Sulaimani: 2020-08-16 Good morning
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