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Turkish law enforcers have detained more than 40,000 people and arrested
over 10,500 during security operations over their ties to terrorist
organizations, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Wednesday.
ANKARA (Sputnik) — He added that counterterror raids had also resulted
in death of more than 9,500 militants of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party
(PKK) group. .
Turkish Police Arrest 568 People After Terrorist Attack in Istanbul
"During [anti-terror] operations, more than 40,000 have been detained
and more than 10,500 have been arrested," Erdogan said.
The PKK is outlawed in Turkey as a terrorist organization. A ceasefire
between the Turkish government and Kurdish rebels collapsed in July
2015, prompting authorities to launch a military operation in the
Kurdish-dominated southeast.
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