Turkish planes bombed on Monday camps in northern Iraq belonging to the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK). The authorities in Ankara are convinced that the Sunday attack in the capital correspond to the militants of the outlawed party.
The army said in a statement that eleven aircraft carried out 18 attacks on PKK positions recently identified. According to the Turkish army bombed warehouses with ammunition and shelter the PKK. 
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So far, no one confessed to the bombing, which occurred on Sunday in the center of Ankara’s Kizilay square, which is one of the main hubs of the Turkish capital. Earlier on Monday, Health Minister Mehmet Muezzinoglu reported that the number of victims has risen to 37 were injured over 120 people.
The Turkish authorities say that one of the suicide bombers was a Kurdish, a member of the PKK. Born in 1992, a woman from the city of Kars in north-eastern Turkey had to join the ranks of the PKK in 2013.
Kurds vs. Turkey
The Kurdistan Workers Party calls for greater autonomy for the Kurds. It is recognized by Turkey, the EU and the US as a terrorist organization. In 1984 he began an armed conflict between the Turkish and Kurdish forces that led to the death of approx. 40 thousand. people.
Turkey fears destabilization of the south-eastern part of the country inhabited mainly by the Kurdish population. After Sunday’s bombing was decided to introduce a curfew in the town of Sirnak to carry out operations against active in the region, the Kurdish militants. The curfew will take effect on Monday at 23 local time (22 in Poland) and will apply around the clock.
Author: KLO / I / Source: PAP, BBC News
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