Turkey detains nearly 300 suspects in nationwide operation on banned Kurdish group
The raids spanned 51 provinces, accusing suspects of funding the PKK, recruitment, propaganda and organising violent protests. View on euronews
Turkey detains 282 suspects in a dayslong operation against Kurdish insurgents
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s government has widened a crackdown on the opposition in recent months, arresting journalists and politicians among others.
Turkey detains nearly 300 people in raids on PKK suspects, including opposition figures
Turkish police have detained 282 suspects accused of ties to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party, or PKK, militant group, the government said on Tuesday, among them journalists, politicians, and academics.
Turkish Police Detain 282 Suspects in Raids Targeting PKK Militants
Turkish police detained 282 suspected members of the Kurdistan Workers Party, or PKK, militant group in raids over the last five days, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said on Tuesday. The raids came as Turkey continues to remove elected pro-Kurdish mayors from their posts over militant ties in a crackdown coinciding with hopes for an end to a 40-year conflict between the PKK and authorities.
Turkey detains 282 suspects in large-scale operation against PKK
Police in Turkey have detained 282 suspects in a large-scale operation targeting the banned Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK
Turkey arrests 282 despite reconciliation bid with PKK
Turkey has detained 282 people in a nationwide swoop on those with suspected "terror" ties, the interior minister said Tuesday, despite a parallel government bid to end the bloody four-decade
Turkish police arrest 282 PKK suspects
In Turkey, 282 suspected PKK supporters have been arrested within five days. Turkish police had carried out nationwide raids against the banned Kurdistan Workers' Party. The suspects are said to have supported the PKK financially,
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