2 more PKK terrorists surrender to Turkish security forces

By Isa Toprak

ANKARA (AA) - Two more PKK terrorists surrendered to security forces in Türkiye , the Interior Ministry announced on Saturday.

In a statement, the ministry said the two fled the terror group upon persuasion efforts by police and gendarmerie forces, and eventually surrendered.

They joined the terror group in 2013 and 2015 and operated in both Syria and Iraq as well as in Iran.

With the latest surrenders, the number of terrorists who have laid down their arms through persuasion efforts in 2022 now rose to 41, it added.

In Türkiye, offenders linked to terrorist groups who surrender are eligible for possible sentence reductions under a repentance law.

According to Turkish officials, in recent years the terrorist PKK – battered and demoralized by Turkish security forces' successful operations – has been losing members and failing to attract new ones.

In its more than 35-year terror campaign against Türkiye, the PKK – listed as a terrorist group by Türkiye, the US, and the EU – has been responsible for the deaths of at least 40,000 people, including women, children, and infants.