Turkey installed its flag instead of the mural of the leader of the “Kurdistan Workers’ Party” (PKK), Abdullah Öcalan, which was destroyed by Turkish drones in Afrin in the countryside of Aleppo. On 9 April, Volkan Yılmaz, Silivri district mayor, published through his Twitter account, pictures showing the image of the Turkish flag at the southern slope of Darmaq Mountain located in the northern countryside of Afrin. Yılmaz said that a number of Turkish soldiers asked him to help provide the needed paint for painting the Turkish flag over the of Öcalan, which was later delivered to them by a man in the Turkish state of Gaziantep. He added that the process lasted 45 days, expressing his hope that the Turkish flag will remain in place forever, saying that “a flag raised once will never fall again.” Meanwhile, Turkish websites reported that the area covered by the flag is about 600 square meters (m²). In early February 2018, Turkish drones targeted Öcalan’s mural, st...
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