After Ankara Bombing, Turkey Hits Back in Iraq and at Home

After Ankara Bombing, Turkey Hits Back in Iraq and at Home
Police officers secure an area near the Interior Ministry following a bomb attack in Ankara, Turkey, on Oct. 1, 2023. Cagla Gurdogan/Reuters
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ISTANBUL—Turkey said it unleashed air strikes on terrorist targets in northern Iraq and detained suspects in Istanbul, hours after Kurdish terrorists said they orchestrated the first bomb attack in years in the capital Ankara.

On Oct. 1, two attackers detonated a bomb near government buildings in Ankara, killing them both and wounding two police officers. The outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) terrorist group claimed responsibility.