Levent Kemal

Jul 22, 2024 | middleeasteye.net | Levent Kemal

Turkey has decided to intensify its pressure on Bafel Talabani, the chairman of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), due to his alleged cooperation with Kurdish armed groups deemed terrorist by Ankara, Turkish sources told Middle East Eye. Tensions between Talabani’s PUK, the second-largest party in the Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), and Ankara have been rising over the past two years, with Turkey accusing him of collaborating with PKK-linked groups in Syria.

Jul 9, 2024 | middleeasteye.net | Levent Kemal

Turkish military operations in northern Iraq have prompted the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) to alter its war strategy and increasingly utilise first-person view (FPV) drones. For the past two years, Turkey has succeeded in pushing the Kurdish armed group's fighters in Iraq southwards and away from its border, using a series of operations that leverage Turkey's advanced military capabilities, such as surveillance and air superiority.

Jul 5, 2024 | middleeasteye.net | Ragip Soylu |Levent Kemal

Scans of passports belonging to more than 3.3 million Syrian refugees living in Turkey were leaked online late amid a week of racially motivated attacks targeting Syrians in multiple cities across the country. A Telegram account named “Turkey Insurrection” shared a file late on Thursday containing scans of the first and second pages of Syrian nationals' passports, listing their locations. “Let’s begin with the passports, and then we will share them city by city.

Jun 10, 2024 | ozarab.media | Levent Kemal

PKK’s new-tech missiles fuel Turkey’s suspicion of Iranian role Tehran suspected of supplying loitering surface-to-air missiles to Kurdish militant group, enabling it to down Turkish drones Levent Kemal Sun, 06/09/2024 – 15:32 An undated image shared by Iranian media on X purportedly shows an Iranian 358 loitering missile (X) The Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) may have used Iranian-made loitering munition to shoot down Turkish armed drones, regional sources said, suggesting strengthening ties...

Jun 10, 2024 | middleeasteye.net | Levent Kemal

The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) may have used Iranian-made loitering munition to shoot down Turkish armed drones, regional sources said, suggesting strengthening ties between Tehran and the group outlawed by Turkey. On 27 May, the PKK, which has been fighting the Turkish state since 1984 in pursuit of greater Kurdish rights, released footage purportedly showing the downing of a Turkish armed drone, identified as an Aksungur.