UPDATE - 5 PKK suspects arrested across Turkey

UPDATES WITH ARREST OF TWO OTHERS FOR TERROR PROPAGANDA

By Ahmet Ozel and Burak Milli

HATAY, Turkey (AA) - At least five PKK suspects have been arrested in anti-terror operations across Turkey on Thursday.

In Istanbul, police arrested three suspects in an operation against PYD/YPG terrorist group.

Police are still looking for five suspects.

In southern Hatay province, two suspects were arrested over spreading PKK propaganda on social media.

Cuma A.,37, and Ibrahim B., 33, were taken in police custody for interrogation.

Ankara has repeatedly warned against cooperating with such groups as the PYD/PKK, YPG/PKK, and SDF/PKK, which Ankara considers as the PKK, only under different names.

The PKK -- listed as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the U.S. and the EU -- waged a terror campaign against Turkey for more than 30 years and has been responsible for the death of nearly 40,000 people, including those of women and children.

More than 1,200 people, including security force personnel and civilians, have lost their lives since the PKK resumed its decades-old acts of terror in July 2015.