STORY: Turkish security forces detain 65 PKK suspects
SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 6-7, 2025 
DATELINE: Jan. 8, 2025
LENGTH: 00:01:17
LOCATION: Ankara
CATEGORY: POLITICS/LAW

SHOTLIST:
1. various of Turkish security forces apprehending 65 suspects linked to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) group

STORYLINE:

Turkish security forces captured 65 suspects linked to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in operations conducted across 17 provinces, the country's Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said Tuesday.

In a social media post, Yerlikaya said the week-long operations were coordinated by prosecutors' offices, police counterterrorism units and intelligence departments.

He said the raids, codenamed "Mace-36," took place in 17 provinces, including Adana, Antalya, Diyarbakir, Gaziantep, Istanbul and Izmir, without specifying the time frame.

The suspects are accused of spreading terrorist propaganda on social media, being members of the PKK's youth wing and financing the organization. Security forces also seized a large number of unlicensed firearms during the operations.

The PKK, designated as a terrorist organization by Türkiye, the United States, and the European Union, has been engaged in armed rebellion against the Turkish government for four decades.

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Ankara.
(XHTV)