Türkiye Intensifies Operations Against the Kurdistan Workers’ Party
Turkish security forces, Oct. 24, 2024. X/ @Sayidina365
October 25, 2024 Hour: 11:12 am
Ramazan Aktas, a high-ranking PKK member, was killed during a counterterrorism operation.
On Friday, Turkish Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya informed that Türkiye has escalated its operations against the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) following a terrorist attack in northern Ankara.
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In nationwide counterterrorism operations conducted across 31 provinces, 176 suspects allegedly linked to the PKK were detained, he said without specifying the time frame of the raids.
The detainees were identified as participating in the PKK’s operations, including being part of its youth wing, financing the group and spreading propaganda through social media platforms.
Additionally, some were allegedly involved in illegal demonstrations, where they blocked roads, burned tires, and used stones, fireworks, and Molotov cocktails.
During the operations, the authorities also seized a significant amount of unlicensed firearms, hunting rifles, narcotics, as well as organizational documents and digital materials linked to the group.
“We will not stop until the last terrorist is neutralized,” said Yerlikaya, who also confirmed that a high-ranking PKK member, Ramazan Aktas, codenamed “Farasin-Bedran,” was killed during a counterterrorism operation in the southern province of Mardin’s Artuklu district.
Turkish security forces also detained 35 people for allegedly trying to incite street unrest on behalf of the PKK in Türkiye’s largest city, Istanbul. Prosecutors found that 34 suspects were part of the PKK’s youth structure and were planning to carry out street actions, primarily involving Molotov cocktail attacks.
Previously, on Wednesday, a man and a woman carried out an attack on the production facilities of the Turkish Aerospace Industries (TUSAS) in Ankara. Both attackers have been confirmed as PKK members.
teleSUR/ JF Source: Xinhua
