
4 shelters in Mount Matina evacuated as part of Operation 'Türkiye Free of Terrorism', coinciding with the discovery of forged documents in Netanyahu's office
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Türkiye seeks to end the armed conflict with the Kurdistan Workers' Party through the 'framework law' that allows the return of militants. In Israel, investigations into the forgery of official documents related to the October 7 attack are escalating.
Turkey announced that the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) had evacuated 4 shelters in northern Iraq, in a move aimed at advancing the "Terrorism-Free Turkey Operation," which the Kurdistan side calls the "Peace and Democratic Society Process."
Turkish security sources said, according to what was reported by the official Anatolia Agency on Monday, that “the Kurdistan Workers’ Party - Union of Kurdistan Communities organization evacuated 4 shelters in the Bazi area in Mount Matina in Dohuk Governorate in northern Iraq on October 12.”
She added that within the framework of the vision of “strengthening national solidarity and social integration,” and in the context of continuing efforts to evacuate shelters that pose a threat to Turkey’s security, the “Hibat, Yajak, Sabri, and Sasun” shelters were evacuated.
She continued that this vision, which was launched to ensure the stability of the region and consolidate the bonds of Turkish-Kurdish brotherhood, is being implemented firmly and without any compromise, and that this development (evacuating the shelters) shows the continued determination to move forward with the “Terrorism-Free Türkiye Operation.”
The sources said that after ending the activities of the Kurdistan Workers' Party - Union of Kurdistan Communities in all regions, it is expected that social reconciliation will be achieved with the party members who will return to Turkey in the later stages of the process, benefiting from the “Promoting National Solidarity and Social Integration” law, known as the “Framework Law,” which was approved by the Turkish Parliament on August 10, and ratified by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on the 18th of the same month.
She pointed out that the goal is to ensure the integration of members of the PKK into society through integrated programs implemented in many fields such as education and the economy, and that “with the success of this process, all segments of society are intended to live together in peace and tranquility throughout Turkey, on the basis of Turkish-Kurdish brotherhood.”
The Turkish confirmation of the evacuation of the four shelters came after the Kurdistan Workers' Party announced, in a statement issued last Thursday, that it had withdrawn "a few days ago" all its militants from Turkey, and had also evacuated 4 tunnels and military sites in Matina, west of Zab (northern Iraq) in the same period.
The party explained that this step aims to “eliminate any pretext” for the Turkish government to continue implementing the “framework law” that allows the return of party members and their integration into society.
In another context, the military secretary of the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, Avi Gil, revealed the illegal forgery of protocols and documents related to the “October 7, 2023” attack, and Yoav Horovitch, the former director general of his office, made statements in which he said that “Israel is run in a mafia style.”
Horovitch said in an interview with Radio 103 FM that the accusations against Netanyahu’s chief of staff, Tzachi Braverman, came within the framework of searching for a scapegoat, stressing that Netanyahu himself is primarily responsible for everything that happens in his office.
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