Turkey detains 568 over PKK links after Istanbul bomb attacks

Turkey detains 568 over PKK links after Istanbul bomb attacks

PanARMENIAN.Net - Turkish authorities have detained 568 people over alleged links to the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militant group in the last two days, the interior ministry said on Tuesday, December 13, according to Reuters.

The operations, which followed the twin bombing in Istanbul on Saturday that killed 44 people outside a soccer stadium, were launched in 28 provinces across Turkey from the northwest to the southeast, the ministry said in a statement.

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