Thirty-three detained in PKK operations in five Turkish provinces
12 01 2009Hurriyet
Thirty-three people were detained Monday in five provinces in Turkey during simultaneous operations conducted against the PKK terror organization.
The suspects were captured in simultaneous operations conducted in Istanbul, the southeastern provinces of Diyarbakir and Sirnak, the southern provinces of Adana and Mersin, the Dogan News Agency reported.
The operations were carried out to end the terror organization’s method of recruiting the young, Mersin Governor Huseyin Aksoy and police chief Suleyman Ekizer told a joint press conference in the southern province.
The PKK is listed as a terrorist group by Ankara and much of the international community, including the EU and the United States.Â
Source: arama.hurriyet.com.tr/arsivnews.aspx?id=10762640
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