Turkey: 27 suspects nabbed over alleged links to PKK

Turkey: 27 suspects nabbed over alleged links to PKK

Terror suspects were allegedly in preparation of violent protests on anniversary of PKK ringleader's capture

By Emre Ilikan

VAN, Turkey (AA) - Security forces in eastern Turkey arrested 27 suspects over alleged links to the PKK terrorist organization, security sources said on Sunday.

Anti-terror police teams in the Van province arrested 27 suspects who were allegedly in preparation of violent protests with stones, Molotov cocktails, fireworks, and handmade explosives, on the anniversary of PKK ringleader Abdullah Ocalan's capture, according to a statement by the provincial police department.

Ocalan was captured on Feb. 15, 1999 and remains the sole inmate of an island prison off Istanbul since his capture.

The suspects were nabbed in raids to different addresses, where blank guns, materials used in explosives, and many digital materials were seized in simultaneous operations.

In its more than 30-year terror campaign against Turkey, the PKK -- listed as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the US, and EU -- has been responsible for the deaths of 40,000 people, including women, children, and infants.


*Writing by Havva Kara Aydin in Ankara

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