Osman Köse
Turkish forces ‘neutralize’ PKK terrorist responsible for diplomat assassination
In a joint operation, the National Intelligence Organization (MİT) and the Turkish army have "neutralized" a PKK terrorist identified as one of the perpetrators of the assassination of a Turkish diplomat in Iraq in 2019.
Turkey remembers diplomat killed in northern Iraq attack
Turkey July 17 remembered a Turkish diplomat killed in a 2019 terrorist attack in Erbil, northern Iraq.
"We commemorate with respect our martyr Osman Köse, official of the Consulate General in Erbil, assassinated in a heinous attack by the terrorist organization PKK on July 17, 2019," the Foreign Ministry wrote on Twitter.
Iraqi court sentences two to death over killing of Turkish diplomat
An Iraqi court has sentenced two suspects to death for the killing of a Turkish diplomat and two Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) citizens in the northern Iraqi city of Erbil.
The 2nd Criminal Court in Erbil sentenced two people to death over the killing of diplomat Osman Köse and two KRG citizens and handed down jail time for four more suspects in connection with the killings.
Turkey nabs suspect over killing of Turkish diplomat in Erbil
Turkish security forces on Jan. 21 nabbed a suspect allegedly linked to an armed attack that killed a Turkish diplomat in northern Iraq last July.
He was arrested in a joint operation by the provincial police forces and the Turkish Intelligence Organization (MİT) in the southeastern border province of Şırnak as he attempted to cross to Turkey.