Turkish female troops provide backup in Afrin operation

Turkish female troops provide backup in Afrin operation

(From L to R) First Lieutenant Gulru Gizem Atabey, an artillery captain Dilek Aygun, First Lt. Cigdem Yuksel, First Lt. Ceren Ozcelik take part in the "Operation Olive Branch" in Afrin, Syria on February 27, 2018. Female personnel of the Turkish Armed Forces deployed on the border are actively participating in the country's ongoing counter-terrorism operation in Syria's northwestern region. Turkey launched Operation Olive Branch on January 20 in Syria's northwestern Afrin region; the aim of the operation is to establish security and stability along Turkish borders and the region as well as to eliminate PKK/KCK/PYD-YPG and Daesh terror groups, and protect the Syrian people from the oppression and cruelty of terrorists