We must stay there in that region definitely, otherwise we need each year a operation like this because those terrorist nests are born over and over again.
We must stay permanently there like Israel does in the Golan. Only then we can clean that area for good.
Turkish incursions into Syria and Iraq along with building bases and intiating operations have largely stopped terrorist attacks happening in Turkiye.
Turkish armed forces has now taken the fight to the terrorists. Thats why they cant attack or even go into Turkiye as much as they could in the past.
Isis and pkks attacks have always happened in Turkiye because they always crossed from Syria and Iraq into Turkiye to cause attacks then they withdrew back to Syria or Iraq.
Now things have changed with the constant cleaning operations and putting areas under control.
The reason why Terrorism has plagued Turkiye for decades because as Usual the Turkish armed forces was just focused on protecting Turkiye rather than going into its neighbour countries. Well they did numerous times but they did not stay for long it was always rinse and repeat.
Destroy the terrorists and their places then come back to Turkiye. This allowed numerous terrorists to bring themselves back overtime.
Its good how the fight is now being taken to where they are now the TSK is staying there for good and not allowing any filth to get into Turkiye.
Biggest problem we have is Iran as pkk is now going into Iran with Iran turning a blind eye and even supporting them. So we need to even strike them at Iran. Then you have the ypg which is under american and russian protection.
But in the 70s, 80s and the 90s I think it was much worse with the numerous terrorist attacks and killings done by various terrorist groups.
Today is much better to be honest. With new weapons and new capabilities largely thanks to the homegrown Turksh defence industry.
I think numerous casualties have also led to reforms and modernisations. MIT has also come a long way.