22 July 2020 - 01:19

PKK leaders had left Qandil Mountains to Kirkuk: Turkish university professor

<p style="text-align: left;">Hussein Sheikhan Uglu, a professor at the University of Gaziantep in Turkey and a member of the Board of International Relations said about Turkish Army's operations in the Kurdish region and that "One of the areas that Turkey is attacking is the Shanashal and Haftanin range.&rdquo;

In the past six months, the PKK leadership cadre has sustained serious damages, and now the Turkish intelligence services are trying to identify the whereabouts of Jamil Bayik, the joint chairman of the PKK Leadership Council, and Murad Karayilan, commander of the HPG People's Defense Units."

In an interview with the Turkish newspaper, Sheikhan Uglu said: "Based on information, Bayik and Karayilan left Qandil Mountain and moved to Kirkuk. They are now living among ordinary citizens in the Filq area in Kirkuk province. Qandil is no longer a safe environment for the PKK leadership cadre."

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