Hundreds Arrested Over Alleged PKK Ties In Latest Crackdown
August 20 2019
Turkish police have arrested 418 individuals and removed the mayors of three towns from office over alleged links to the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) terrorist group, reports Al Jazeera (Qatar). Raids were conducted in 29 provinces. Turkish police searched government employees as they entered at least one municipal building, reported Agence-France Presse. The suspended mayors represented the cities of Diyarbakir, Mardin and Van in eastern Turkey and were members of the...
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