Turkey arrests 110 people in purported ‘counter-terror’ operation
Turkey detains 110 people in 21 provinces, including Kurdish majority Diyarbakir, over alleged terror links, police sources tell AFP.
The sources refer to the mass raids as a “counter-terror” operation.
State media TRT reports that police held people suspected of financing the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) or roping in new members to the group.
Deemed a terrorist organization by the United States, the European Union and Turkey, the PKK has been waging a decades-long armed struggle against Ankara for greater autonomy for the Kurdish minority.
The Diyarbakir bar association says the number of detentions could be as high as 150, adding that they include 20 lawyers, five journalists, three actors and one politician.
