Turkey continues to maintain the closure of its airspace for flights from the international airport in the southern Kurdish metropolis of Sulaymaniyah. The Turkish Foreign Ministry justified the ban, which was issued three months ago, with the PKK.
The governor of Sulaymaniyah, Heval Ebubekir, announced on Monday that Turkey had extended the closure of its airspace to flights from Sulaymaniyah. The ban on flights from the international airport of the southern Kurdish metropolis to Turkey, which was issued by the Turkish Foreign Ministry on 3 April for an initial period of three months, has expired today. According to Ebubekir, the decision has been extended until 3 January 2024.
The Turkish Foreign Ministry had justified the flight ban in April with alleged "threats" by the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and explained that the PKK's "terrorist activities" in Sulaymaniyah had increased and that the airport had been "infiltrated", threatening flight safety.
