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Turkey detains nearly 1000 people, including alleged Kurdish militants

More than 840 firearms were confiscated during the operation

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Turkish Police Special Forces secure the area near the Interior Ministry after the explosion on Sunday. Pic/AP

Turkish Police Special Forces secure the area near the Interior Ministry after the explosion on Sunday. Pic/AP

Police detained almost a thousand people in raids across Turkey on Tuesday, including dozens with alleged links to Kurdish militants, days after a suicide bomb attack in the Turkish capital. Police detained at least 67 people across Turkey on Tuesday in a sweep targeting people with alleged links to Kurdish militants, days after a suicide bomb attack in the Turkish capital.

Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said police carried out raids in 16 Turkish provinces, detaining 55 people suspected of being part of the “intelligence structure” of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK. At least 12 other suspected PKK members were rounded up in a separate operation in five provinces, Yerlikaya wrote on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter.

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