The installation of the base in Balkaya Mountain is being established in the framework of operations against the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK). It’s located at the altitude of 2,400 meters in the Semdinli district, according to Turkish security sources.

Meanwhile Rudaw reported an increase in Turkish operations in Sidakan, an area in the region close to the foothills of the Qandil mountains, a territory of central importance to the PKK.

The Turkish military has established three new bases in the Kani Rash and Hakurk areas in Iraqi Kurdistan, it said.

Work is already underway on roads to connect the new bases, with 13 kilometers constructed so far, Rudaw further added.

"Although the Turkish army did not enter the village, a number of soldiers asked one of the children there to bring some food for them, and they stressed that they would not harm the people," Rudaw quoted local residents in Ashma village as saying.

Turkish sources refused to comment on these reports, stressing to Asharq Al-Awsat that Turkey would not hesitate to do any work that preserves the security of its borders and people.

Last week, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said that his government won’t accept Turkey to be threatened from the Iraqi territories.

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