Here's what happened:
1. A suicide bomber detonated an explosive device in the Turkish capital, Ankara, on October 1. This happened hours before the Turkish parliament was scheduled to reopen after a summer break.
2. Kurdish militants claimed responsibility for the first bomb attack in Ankara in years.
3. Turkiye went blastic and unleashed Air Strikes on militant targets in Northern Iraq and detained suspects in Istanbul overnight.
Two attackers detonated a bomb near government buildings in Ankara on Sunday, killing them both and wounding two police officers. The outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militant group claimed responsibility.
According to the Defense Ministry, many militants were "neutralized" in air strikes that destroyed 20 targets - caves, shelters, and depots used by the PKK in Iraq's Metina, Hakurk, Qandil, and Gara regions.
As a result of self-defense rights granted by Article 51 of the United Nations charter, Turkiye has stepped up military operations against the PKK in northern Iraq over the last few years.
According to President Abdul-Latif Rashid, Iraq rejects repeated Turkish air strikes or the presence of Turkish bases in its Kurdistan region and hopes to reach an agreement with Ankara.
Turkiye, the United States, and the European Union have designated the PKK as a terrorist organization. It launched an insurgency in southeast Turkiye in 1984, resulting in more than 40,000 deaths.
An explosion engulfed an occupant of a vehicle that pulled up outside the interior ministry's main gate in Ankara on Sunday, according to CCTV footage seen by Reuters.
One attacker was killed by the bomb, and the other was killed by security forces, according to the Interior Minister. The attack occurred coincidentally with the reopening of the Parliament.
An Interior Ministry statement said that explosives, grenades, a rocket launcher, and various guns were seized at the scene along with explosives, grenades, and rocket launchers.
In Kayseri, 260 km southeast of Ankara, the attackers hijacked the vehicle and killed its driver.
Since Monday, police have detained 20 people in raids targeting PKK-linked suspects in Istanbul and elsewhere, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said.
On messaging platform X, Yerlikaya said that a Kurdish provincial spokesman and district heads of a pro-Kurdish political party were among those detained.
ANF News, a website affiliated with the PKK, cited the militant group as saying the attack was carried out by members of its Immortals Battalion.
In 2016, Kurdish militants, Islamic State, and other groups claimed a spate of attacks in Turkish cities, including the bombing on Ataturk Boulevard.
In recent years, Turkiye's armed forces have conducted several large-scale military operations against Kurdish militants in northern Iraq and northern Syria.
Erdogan told parliament Sunday that Turkiye would maintain its 30-km (19-mile) deep "security strip" beyond its southern border with Syria and Iraq and that "new steps" would follow.
During a reception in parliament, Defence Minister Yasar Guler told reporters that Erdogan's comments did not signal a new cross-border operation into Syria.
The Iraqi Prime Minister is reported to be unhappy with Turkey's actions, and meetings are being held to discuss Turkey's continued intrusion onto Iraqi soil.
