Turkey said a deadly attack on the country’s main aerospace company this week was aimed at destabilizing an effort to develop a self-sufficient defense industry and strengthen its position in the region.
A raid on state-run Turkish Aerospace Industries in Ankara on Wednesday killed five people and injured a further 22, with the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, claiming responsibility on Friday. Turkey had earlier identified the two assailants as members of the separatist militant group it’s been fighting for decades and launched counter airstrikes at targets in Iraq and Syria.
