The PKK, classified as "terrorist" by Turkey and its Western allies, including the US and the EU, has been fighting against the Turkish army since 1984. Turkey's response to the attack that killed five people in a factory near Ankara on Wednesday was swift.

Turkey launched fresh air strikes on Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants in northern Syria and Iraq overnight, killing 59 militants, in response to a gun attack that killed five people in Ankara,

The first Ankara attack victims were being buried on Thursday, hours after Turkey struck PKK militants in Iraq after blaming them for the assault on a defe..

Several strategic locations, including energy infrastructure, logistics centers, ammunition depots, belonging to terrorist organization targeted, according to security sources - Anadolu Ajansı

In response to a terrorist attack in the Turkish capital, Türkiye’s National Intelligence Organization (MIT) launched operations targeting the PKK/YPG in northern Syria and Iraq, according to security sources.

No group immediately claimed responsibility. Turkey’s interior minister said it was “most likely carried out” by the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK.

Turkish warplanes attacked nearly three dozen targets of a Kurdish militant organization in northern Iraq and Syria, Ankara's ministry of defense said late Wednesday.

Turkey launched strikes on Kurdish militants in northern Iraq and Syria late on Wednesday evening after blaming the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) for an attack on a defence company in Ankara that left seven people dead.