UPDATE - Turkish security forces nab PKK/KCK terrorist

UPDATE WITH SURRENDERED TERRORISTS

By Gozde Bayar and Busra Nur Cakmak

ANKARA (AA) – Turkish security forces have arrested a PKK/KCK terrorist, the country's Interior Ministry said Saturday.

The woman, who was plotting a terrorist attack, was nabbed in Türkiye's central Konya province on Thursday, the ministry said in a statement.

Gulda Bebek, codenamed Xweza Lilaw, has been operating as a so-called special force personnel in Iran within the PKK/KCK terrorist organization.

She had been hiding in a residence in the Meram district, it added. Several guns, magazines, ampere meter, mini electric motor, small tube heads, and small bulbs were captured during the operation.

In a separate statement, the ministry said two terrorists fled the terror group thanks to persuasion efforts of Turkish police and gendarmerie forces and surrendered.

The terrorists joined the PKK in 2015 and were active in Iraq and Syria, the ministry said in a statement.

The number of terror group members who surrendered by persuasion efforts reached nine in 2023, the ministry added.

In its more than 35-year terror campaign against Türkiye, the PKK -- listed as a terrorist organization by Türkiye, the US, and the EU -- has been responsible for the deaths of at least 40,000 people, including women, children and infants.