A strong one explosion in front of the gates and then two armed people who enter the headquarters of theAerospace industry (Tusas) in the province of Ankaraa Kahramankazanabout fifty kilometers from the capital. It was just after 3.30pm in Türkiye when all hell broke loose for a attack than the Minister of the Interior Ali Yerlikaya he immediately defined as “terrorist” and which caused the death of at least four people, as well as 14 injuries. Eleven Italian technicians who were in the area – mostly employees of Leonardo and engaged in industrial collaboration activities under programs aeronautical initiated years ago with Turkey – remained unharmed.
The two terroristsa man and a woman, immortalized by security cameras at the time of the raid, were later killed in the raid on special forces enter the building. It appears that one of the attackers took 11 people hostage before being shot down. In the evening the Turkish government pointed the finger at the Kurds of Pkk. Ankara immediately blocked Instagram, YouTube And Xwhile a court imposed a ban on TV and radio from broadcasting news about the attack. From what has been leaked, it seems that the terrorists arrived on board a Taxi at the large Aerospace Industry building, where thousands of people work employees. Once there, they killed the driver, got out and blew up a deviceeven if at first sui social media rumors of an attack had spread kamikaze. After the explosion, the two headed towards the building shooting and the man managed to enter. “The attacker then attempted to break into the human resources department and the academy,” an anonymous source told the portal Middle East Eyeadding that “eleven hostages were freed after a special forces operation, with shooting and explosions.”
While the attack was still ongoing, the Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani he made it known that there were no Italians among the victims. “There were 11 Italians who were in the area where this terrorist attack took place but they were always safe and were never in real danger”, the owner of the agency clarified in the evening. Farnesina condemning the action and sending a message of solidarity to the Turkish people. The attack was carried out while the Turkish head of state, Recep Tayyip Erdoganwas at the top of the Brics in Russia and was meeting with the president Vladimir Putin. The Turkish leader called the attack “cowardly” and declared that “no terrorist organization targeting our security will be able to achieve its objectives”, promising that “the fight against all types of terrorist threatsand their supporters, will continue with determination and resolve.” While the general secretary of the Born, Mark Ruttecalled him to express solidarity.
In recent years Turkey has been hit by numerous attacks, although recently they had become less frequent. Between 2015 and 2016 theIsis and groups close to the Kurdistan Workers’ Party they had claimed responsibility for the killing of hundreds of people in various cities across the country. In January this year, armed men entered one church Of Istanbul killing a man (attack claimed by ISIS), while in November 2022 six people lost their lives after an explosion in the pedestrian street of central Istanbul, which injured 81 others. The government attributed the action to PKK although the Kurdish armed group, considered terrorist by Ankara, denied any responsibility. This time the attack against the headquarters ofAviation industry arrives 24 hours after an unusual appeal launched by the secretary of the Turkish far-right party Mhp, Devlet Bahceliwho invited Abdullah Ocalanthe PKK leader imprisoned in solitary confinement since 1999, to come to Parliament to announce the dissolution of the group and proclaim the end of terrorism. Statements that caused outcry among public opinion and came in the context of recent rumors about a possible reopening of the peace process between the Turkish government and the PKK, after there had been a period of truce between 2013 and 2015 between the army and the group.