Some tough days ahead for Turkish Kurds
THE Turkish public was left outraged by the recent execution of 13 Turkish hostages allegedly by the Kurdish Workers’ Party (PKK) in Northern Iraq’s Gara region on February 14. Turkey’s Operation Claw-Eagle 2, encompassing one of the largest areas in recent campaigns against the PKK, killed 48 militants. Turkey also lost three Turkish soldiers during the attack.
Turkey’s Defence Minister Hulusi Akar claimed that the PKK captors had killed Turkish security officials and civilians. However, pro-Kurdish media has blamed the Turkish government for the deaths,
