Turkish intelligence eliminates PKK terrorist in Iraq’s north

Mazlum Öztürk, code-named “Berxwedan Çiyager,” was the latest target of Turkish intelligence’s counterterrorism operations abroad. The member of the PKK terrorist group was “neutralized” in Iraq’s Sulaymaniyah, security sources said Wednesday. The term “neutralized” is used to describe terrorists captured dead or alive.

Security sources said the PKK, weakened by Türkiye’s National Intelligence Organization (MIT) operations in Iraq and Syria, where terrorists holed up, sought to recruit more members and…