Ankara, Sep 30 (IANS) Turkish powers have annihilated 16 focuses of the Kurdistan Laborers’ Party (PKK) in Iraq, Guard Clergyman Hulusi Akar said.

The activity obliterated caves, fortifications, sanctuaries and garrisons of the PKK, a Kurdish assailant political association which is banned by Ankara, in the Asos Mountain district of Iraq on Tuesday, the Clergyman told correspondents on Thursday.

The objectives were hit via airstrikes of the Turkish Flying corps, Xinhua news organization cited neighborhood media reports as saying.

Turkey regards the regional uprightness and power privileges of every one of its neighbors, particularly Iraq and Syria, Akar noted.

“Syrians are our brothers, Iraqis are our brothers. There is no issue with that. Our concern is psychological oppressors. We are after psychological oppressors. This battle will go on until the last psychological oppressor is killed,” he said.

Turkey consistently directs cross-line procedure on the PKK bases in northern Iraq.

The PKK, recorded as a psychological oppressor association by Turkey, has been defying the Ankara government for more than 30 years.

Iraq has challenged the Turkish activity as an infringement of its sway.