Police detain 251 across Turkey in anti-terror raids against ISIS, PKK, DHKP-C

[Neptune]

Thousands of police officers have launched raids to arrest suspected members of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) following a wave of deadly violence in Turkey, killing one suspect.

Backed up by helicopters, police raided addresses in several Istanbul districts in search of members of ISIL at dawn on July 24, the PKK and other militant groups, the state-run Anadolu Agency said. It added that a female member of the outlawed Revolutionary People's Liberation Party-Front (DHKP-C) was killed in the Bağcılar district in a gunfight.

In the western provinces of İzmir and Bursa, a total of 16 suspected militants of the PKKwere arrested in the initial operation, according to private Doğan News Agency. The agency also said that some 5,000 police officers joined the raids in 140 addresses in Istanbul. The total number of arrests was not immediately clear.

The raids came after 32 people were killed in a suicide bombing Monday in a Turkish town on the Syrian border, blamed on ISIL.

This sparked an upsurge in violence in Turkey’s Kurdish-dominated southeast, where many accuse the Turkish authorities of collaborating with ISIL, accusations Ankaradenies.

Two police were shot dead in southeast Turkey close to the Syrian border on July 22, in an attack claimed by the PKK’s military wing to avenge the Suruç bombing.

On July 23, another policeman was killed in the southeastern province of Diyarbakır.

Meanwhile, the PKK’s youth wing Patriotic Revolutionary Youth Movement (YDG-H) claimed it shot dead an alleged former ISIL fighter in Istanbul late July 21.

The July 24 police raids targeted the YDG-H too, according to Doğan News Agency.

July/24/2015, Hurriyet Daily

 

[Neptune]

Turkish police have launched counter-terrorism raids in the early hours of Friday against the members of terrorist groups PKK, Revolutionary People's Liberation Party-Front (DHKP-C), and the self-proclaimed Islamic State in Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) in simultaneous operations across 13 provinces, the Prime Ministry's office has announced.

"Simultaneously operations have been carried out against a large number of people, considered to be in preparation for operations against civilians and Turkey's security forces, in 13 provinces. A total of 251 persons belonging to terrorist organizations have been detained so far," the Prime Ministry's office said.

Istanbul police raid 140 addresses including ISIS, PKK in dawn operation, one terrorist killed
DAILY SABAH
ISTANBUL
Published2 hours ago

Istanbul Police Department's Counter Terrorism Division teams launched operations targeting 140 addresses early on Friday. The raids were carried out by 5,000 police officers including 2,000 riot-squad officers in 26 districts of Istanbul.

The raid came shortly after the recent terror incidents in Turkey's south-eastern provinces which killed multiple civilians and law enforcement officers. The police is targeting suspects believed to be linked to terror organizations such as ISIS, PKK and DHKPC.

During a raid at an address in Istanbul's Bağcılar district, a member of the DHKPC terror organization opened fire on the police from inside the building. Police neutralized the terrorist who was identified as a female and seized her weapon.

Operations are continuing across the city.

 

[bsruzm]

May Allah to protect them all.

 

[TrMhMt]

1 forward 2 backward

They have released most of those militants (militants of pkk) while "acilim" policy were on the table.

 

[Oublious]

Our security forces are the best...

 

[Indus Pakistan]

Our security forces are the best...

The word "best" is often used but in this instance I would agree with you. In Pakistan we need to train our anti terrorism police and organize it along the lines of the Turkish system.

 

[Hakan]

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5000 cops involved. Many weapons confiscated. 140 addresses were searched.

 

[Kamil_baku]

Bir coklari AKP-i suckuyor PKK icin. Ben bir Azeriyim ve hic bir partinin uzvu diyilim. Bir dindar da deyilim...
Amma AKP cok akilli bir siyaset yurutuyor.. Nedenmi?
Once PKK-a barish icin shans taniyor.. PKK disharidan mali yardim aldigi icin bunu kabul etmiyor. Sonra demokratik seckiyle parlamentoda olmalarina izin veriyor.. Kurd milletine gosteriyor ki, aslinda gunu gunden daha iyi ilishkiler olucak. (Bu arada diyarbakira cekilecek su kanali ile de milletin topraklardan istifade etmesi ve boylece ishsizliyin azalmasina, kafalarinin ishe karishmasina getirecek)! Eyer Turkiye kimi devletde Kurt milleti sizden kirginsa, PKKi yenemezsiniz. Chunki biri olur yerine bashkasi gelir. Amma shimdi, Turkiye PKK-ni vurmaya bashladiginda, onlar daha az insani kendilerine ceke bilecekler. Hem shimdi yeni dushmanlari var(ISIS) hem de gorduler ki PKK Turkiyenin iyi niyyetini kotuye kullandi. Bence boylece Turkiye sonda milletin icinde bunu yenecek.. Yoksa Turkiyede terorist ataklarla tum turistleri korkuturlar..