PYD female sniper attempting to join PKK caught in southeastern Turkey
A female sniper with links to the PKK's Syrian affiliate, the Democratic Union Party (PYD), was caught by security forces in the southeastern province of Şanlıurfa Friday.
Security sources said that counter-terrorism units in the province were given intelligence that a female terrorist will cross the border to Turkey from PYD-controlled Qamishlo in northeastern Syria and subsequently detained the militant in a vehicle going to the Kızıltepe district of southeastern Mardin.
In her testimony, Fatma Y. (22) with the nom-de-guerre "Zılğa" from the southeastern province of Batman, said that she was a sniper of the PYD and crossed into Turkey to support the PKK terrorists in the Nusaybin district of Mardin upon the instruction of the PYD administration.
Ankara has frequently voiced its concern over YPG activity along the Turkish border and has been rigid in its stance to stop the PYD from founding any de facto Kurdish state in northern Syria. It reiterates that the PYD enjoys close connections with the PKK that include militant and ammunition transfer through tunnels.
In March, security officers caught eight Syrian nationals from the PYD's People's Protection Units (YPG) militia in the Ceylanpınar district of Şanlıurfa and seized 36 kilograms of explosives with 730 bullets for rifles. The suspects said that they had buried explosives and ammunition in three different areas. Security officers revealed that terrorists had illegally crossed the border from the PYD-controlled Rasulayn region.
In February, security sources captured two YPG terrorists, who admitted that the alleged relations existed between the YPG and the PKK.
Security sources said that one of the terrorists, Mesut C., who allegedly joined the PKK in 2005, was sent from the Qandil mountains - a PKK stronghold in Iraq - and said that he traveled to Turkey to operate as a sniper in the Sur district of the southeastern Diyarbakır province to support PKK forces.
He also reportedly said that the PKK had recently sent snipers to Turkey.
The other terrorist, Abdurrahman P. admitted in the interrogation that the PKK had suffered heavy losses in Sur, Cizre and Silopi districts in the southeast and had requested snipers from the PYD-YPG forces.
Security sources said that counter-terrorism units in the province were given intelligence that a female terrorist will cross the border to Turkey from PYD-controlled Qamishlo in northeastern Syria and subsequently detained the militant in a vehicle going to the Kızıltepe district of southeastern Mardin.
In her testimony, Fatma Y. (22) with the nom-de-guerre "Zılğa" from the southeastern province of Batman, said that she was a sniper of the PYD and crossed into Turkey to support the PKK terrorists in the Nusaybin district of Mardin upon the instruction of the PYD administration.
Ankara has frequently voiced its concern over YPG activity along the Turkish border and has been rigid in its stance to stop the PYD from founding any de facto Kurdish state in northern Syria. It reiterates that the PYD enjoys close connections with the PKK that include militant and ammunition transfer through tunnels.
In March, security officers caught eight Syrian nationals from the PYD's People's Protection Units (YPG) militia in the Ceylanpınar district of Şanlıurfa and seized 36 kilograms of explosives with 730 bullets for rifles. The suspects said that they had buried explosives and ammunition in three different areas. Security officers revealed that terrorists had illegally crossed the border from the PYD-controlled Rasulayn region.
In February, security sources captured two YPG terrorists, who admitted that the alleged relations existed between the YPG and the PKK.
Security sources said that one of the terrorists, Mesut C., who allegedly joined the PKK in 2005, was sent from the Qandil mountains - a PKK stronghold in Iraq - and said that he traveled to Turkey to operate as a sniper in the Sur district of the southeastern Diyarbakır province to support PKK forces.
He also reportedly said that the PKK had recently sent snipers to Turkey.
The other terrorist, Abdurrahman P. admitted in the interrogation that the PKK had suffered heavy losses in Sur, Cizre and Silopi districts in the southeast and had requested snipers from the PYD-YPG forces.
Last Update: May 20, 2016 22:13