ANKARA (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 11th October, 2019) The first Turkish military officer has been killed in the country's ongoing offensive in Syria's north, Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said on Friday.
"Our brother-in-arms died on October 10 during the Operation Peace Spring in clashes with terrorists of the PKK-YPG, Kurdistan Workers' Party - People's Protection Units," Akar said in a statement.
According to the Defense Ministry, the number of neutralized members of the PKK-YPG, seen as terrorists by Turkey, has reached 277.
