23 students detained in PKK operation
19 10 2009Twenty-three students were detained Monday in a police raid in the eastern city of Erzincan.
Newly registered at Erzincan University, the students were detained for alleged links to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK. Among the 23 detained students, four were female. Police received a tip off that the 23 students were trying to enlist with the PKK and based on that information the police carried out simultaneous raids and detained them.
A number of PKK documents were also confiscated during the raids, said a report. After being taken for a medical examination, the 23 students were transferred to the Court for Serious Crimes in the eastern city of Erzurum.
Source: Hurriyet Daily News
URL: www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=23-students-detained-in-pkk-operation-2009-10-19
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