Türkiye 'neutralizes' wanted PKK/KCK terrorist in northern Iraq

ANKARA

Türkiye's National Intelligence Organization "neutralized" Necirvan Seven, a wanted PKK/KCK terrorist in an operation in northern Iraq, security sources said on Friday.

Necirvan Seven, codenamed Firaz Zilan, was involved in several attacks on Turkish security forces and took part in street protests, according to security sources who requested anonymity due to restrictions on speaking to the media.

Turkish authorities use the term “neutralized” to imply the terrorists in question surrendered or were killed or captured.

Seven joined the rural establishment of the terrorist group in 2015 and was active in the so-called Patriotic Revolutionary Youth Movement (YDG-H), a PKK offshoot before February 2015, the sources said.

Also, Seven participated in street riots in Türkiye to protest the conflicts between the PKK/YPG/PYD and Daesh/ISIS terror groups in Ayn al-Arab, northern Syria.

The terrorist was followed by the Turkish intelligence due to his actions and his role in logistics activities of the terror group after crossing into northern Iraq, the sources added.