Suspects in eastern Mardin province believed to be financing, aiding, and cooperating with PKK members Halil Ibrahim Sincar | 12.01.2021
MARDIN, Turkey
Security forces in eastern Turkey have arrested 22 suspects for allegedly aiding and abetting the terrorist group PKK, said security sources on Tuesday.
The arrests came as part of Operation Yildirim-8, with the Mardin Gendarmerie Command tracking down PKK terrorists in the rural so-called Omeryan-Bagok and Kerboran areas.
Some 13 PKK shelters and eight warehouses were also made unusable during the operations, while two kilograms (4.4 pounds) of plastic explosives, bomb-making materials, ammunition, and other materials were seized, said the source on condition of anonymity due to restrictions on speaking to the media.