Erdogan announces major operation against Kurds

Turkey is preparing the largest ever operation against Kurdish militants.

President Erdogan of Turkey said Thursday that officials with ties to the Kurds in the public system are removed. He called it a 'key element' in the fight against the rebellious Kurds. The president said this in a speech in the capital Ankara for provincial governors. Thursday were immediately all 11. 500 teachers suspected of links with the PKK suspended.

The incursion of Turkish armed forces in northern Syria with the aim of creating a buffer zone against the terrorist organization Islamic State, will remain preserved, said Erdogan.
  
    
     
      
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