Necirvan Seven as seen in a photo released by the Anadolu Agency.
The Turkish National Intelligence Organization (MIT) “neutralized” Necirvan Seven, a wanted member of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), during a recent operation in northern Iraq, the Anadolu Agency reported on May 5.
Unnamed security sources told the state-run news agency that Seven joined the rural establishment of the PKK in 2015 and was active in the so-called Patriotic Revolutionary Youth Movement (YDG-H), an offshoot of the kurdish guerilla group before that.
Seven, known by his nom de guerre “Firaz Zilan,” also participated in street riots in Turkey to protest the battle between the Kurdish forces and ISIS in the northern Syrian town of Kobane, also known as Ayn al-Arab.
“The terrorist was followed by the Turkish intelligence due to his actions and his role in logistics activities of the terror group after crossing into northern Iraq,” the sources added.
The Anadolu Agency’s sources didn’t provide any additional details about the intelligence operation, or reveal where and when exactly it took place.
The term “neutralized” is usually used by official Turkish sources to imply that the person in question was killed, wounded or captured.
The MİT stepped up its operations against Kurdish forces in Syria and Iraq in recent months. Last April, the intelligence organization killed two commanders of the Syrian Democratic forces (SDF), Mehmet Sari and Sabri Abdullah, in separate drone strikes. Ankara claims that the core faction of the SDF, the Kurdish People’s Protection Units, is the Syrian branch of the PKK.
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