Turkey detains 98 over alleged Kurdish militant links – ministry
The PKK, which is considered a terrorist organisation by the European Union, United States, and Turkey, took up arms against the Turkish state in 1984 and more than 40,000 people have been killed in the conflict.
Ankara frequently carries out cross-border airstrikes and operations against the PKK, which has bases in the mountains of northern Iraq. It also regularly conducts operations against people linked to it domestically.
In recent weeks, Turkey has intensified attacks on Kurdish militants in Syria and Iraq, as well as against its members in the country, after militants detonated a bomb near government buildings in Ankara on Oct. 1.
Separately, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said on social messaging platform X that authorities had destroyed 63 shelters, caves, and storage units used by PKK militants in six provinces.
“The shelters that the terrorist organisation prepared to be used for logistical purposes and to carry out acts in the winter months have been identified and destroyed one by one,” Yerlikaya said, adding several weapons, ammunition, and equipment had been seized in the raids.
(Reporting by Tuvan Gumrukcu; Editing by Daren Butler and Alison Williams)
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