The Turkish National Intelligence Agency neutralized today in Syria a fighter from the Kurdistan Workers' Party /PKK/, who was among the perpetrators of a terrorist attack in Istanbul in 2008, sources from the security forces reported, quoted by BTA.

The terrorist Nusret Tebis, codenamed "Rustem", was discovered while hiding in an apartment in the northeastern Syrian city of Al Hasaka, 60 kilometers south of the Turkish border.

The fugitive PKK fighter, listed on Turkey's most wanted terrorists list, is facing 18 aggravated life sentences and a total of 1,258 years in prison.

Turkey: We neutralized 15 Kurdish fighters in northern Syria

Tebis, who joined the terrorist organization in 1995 from the eastern Turkish province of Siirt, reportedly fled to northern Iraq after the 2008 terrorist attack in Istanbul's Gungoren district.

On July 27, 2008, the terrorist group attacked civilians in Gungoren by detonating two bombs planted in garbage containers when the streets were full of people in the evening, Anadolu Agency noted.

The deadly explosions killed 18 civilians and injured at least 154 people.

Turkish authorities use the term "neutralization" to mean that the terrorists in question have surrendered, been killed or captured.

During its more than 35-year campaign of terror against Turkey, the PKK - listed as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the US and the EU - has been responsible for the deaths of more than 40,000 people, including women, children and babies.

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