Far-left wanted terrorist arrested in Turkey

By Orhan Onur Gemici

ANKARA (AA) - Turkey announced the arrest of a wanted member of a far-left terrorist organization on Tuesday.

Marxist-Leninist Communist Party (MLKP) member Azimet Ceyhan was on Turkey’s list of wanted terrorists, according to a written statement by Turkish Interior Ministry.

Previously sentenced to aggravated life imprisonment and sought on red notice by security forces, Ceyhan was arrested in the northwestern province of Edirne.

He was in the "blue" category of wanted terrorists, with a bounty of 1.5 million Turkish liras (roughly $250,000).

Turkish security forces divide wanted individuals into five color-coded categories, with red as the most wanted, followed by blue, green, orange and grey.