Military deliveries launched by air for security reasons

Military deliveries launched by air for security reasons

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Military deliveries launched by air for security reasons

Handout photo by Turkish Armed Forces

Turkey’s General Staff has ordered all military shipping to be conducted by air, in an effort to avoid ambushes to military vehicle convoys traveling on roads by suspected members of the outlawed Kurdistan Worker’s Party (PKK), daily Hürriyet reported today.  

All soldiers heading to their bases or taking leave from their posts in rural areas will be transported by helicopters between city centers and their posts, according to a statement released by the General Staff last week.  

The General Staff reportedly decided on this move as a part of a number of security measures in regions where the terror risk is high.

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