Terrorist Yasar Cekik, listed in the Turkish Interior Ministry's red category of wanted terrorists, was also sought by Interpol.
Terrorist Yasar Cekik, listed in the Turkish Interior Ministry's red category of wanted terrorists, was also sought by Interpol.Cekik's career within the PKK included training under the group’s founder Abdullah Ocalan and overseeing attacks across Türkiye, Iraq, and Syria. / Photo: AA Archive
Cekik, codenamed Yasar Hakkari, joined the PKK in 1993 and played a leading role in numerous attacks, including the 2010 terror attack on the Hantepe Gendarmerie Station in Türkiye’s eastern Hakkari province, which killed six soldiers. MIT identified Cekik’s involvement in other major attacks, such as the 2012 Cukurca attacks that killed one soldier and injured 13, and a 2012 ambush on a military convoy where four soldiers died.
MIT tracked Cekik over several years, monitoring his movements through an extensive intelligence network. Following the neutralisation of another top PKK figure in the red category, Orhan Bingol, Cekik was reassigned to Syria’s Shehba region, where Turkish forces neutralised him.
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