Ankara to continue targeted killings of PKK leaders abroad
Turkey is encouraged by the success of its surgical airstrike in Iraq that killed outlawed Kurdish leader Ismail Ozden.
![MIDEAST-CRISIS/TURKEY A crater caused by a Turkish air strike against Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) camps in the village of Amadiya, outskirts of Dohuk province July 29, 2015. Turkish jets launched their heaviest assault on Kurdish militants in northern Iraq overnight since air strikes began last week, hours after President Tayyip Erdogan said a peace process had become impossible. REUTERS/Ari Jalal - GF20000008259](/sites/default/files/styles/article_hero_medium/public/almpics/2018/08/RTX1MBT5.jpg/RTX1MBT5.jpg?h=a5ae579a&itok=wuVbRmT0)
When Turkey recently conducted an operation to kill a senior leader of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), an outlawed militant group, it entered Iraq to do so and revealed its growing military capabilities. Before this operation, no other country in the region except Israel had the means to carry out targeted killings beyond its own borders.
The operation indicates that Turkey is testing sensitive guided munitions developed locally, that this capability is used effectively and that it's likely to be expanded.