President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has spoken over the phone with Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli and İYİ (Good) Party leader Meral Akşener in the wake of a deadly PKK attack in northern Iraq.
The conversations centered on the evolving situation in the ongoing counter-terrorism operations initiated in response to the harassment and infiltration attempt on a Turkish base in the Claw-Lock operation zone, which claimed the lives of nine soldiers.
Türkiye has been actively pursuing a series of offensives under the banner of the Claw operations since 2019, specifically targeting terror groups operating in northern Iraq, with a primary focus on the PKK.
Erdoğan's phone calls preceded a high-stakes security meeting at his office in Istanbul's Dolmabahçe Palace, where top officials gathered to strategize following the recent assault.
The PKK is listed as a terrorist organization by Türkiye, the U.S. and the EU.
