Türkiye neutralises senior member of PKK/KCK terror group in northern Iraq PHOTO

The Turkish intelligence agency has “neutralised” one of the so-called senior members of the PKK/KCK terror group in northern Iraq.

Türkiye's National Intelligence Organisation carried out a cross-border anti-terror operation to capture Rojda Bilen, codenamed Biseng Brusk, a so-called coordinator of the terror group in Iraq's Sulaymaniyah, Anadolu Agency reports citing the security sources.

The terrorist was "neutralised" as a result of the operation in a rural area of Sulaymaniyah.

Turkish authorities use the term "neutralise" to imply the terrorists in question surrendered or were killed or captured.

Bilen joined the terror group in 2011 and was sought for "being a member of an armed terrorist organisation." She was in the "blue" category of wanted terrorists -- the second-highest category -- the sources added.

PKK terrorists often hide in northern Iraq to plot cross-border attacks in Türkiye.

In its more than 35-year terror campaign against Türkiye, the PKK – listed as a terrorist organisation by Türkiye, the US, and EU – has been responsible for the deaths of more than 40,000 people, including women, children, and infants.