What happened

A drone attack struck Diyarbakir Airport, the largest airport in Turkey's Kurdish-majority southeast, on 19 May 2021, forcing the facility to close for what officials said would be about a month of runway repairs. Turkish authorities blamed the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), and Turkish fighter jets reportedly shot down two drones during the incident, though regional officials claimed no damage had actually been caused despite the closure, and witnesses reported seeing smoke afterward. No casualties were reported. The attack came amid Turkey's long-running conflict with the PKK, which has killed an estimated 5,300 people in the region since peace talks broke down in 2015.

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