Turkish security forces

UN accuses Turkey of ‘serious’ abuses in Kurdish region

Geneva - Arab Today

The UN on Friday accused Turkish security forces of committing serious abuses during operations against Kurdish militants in the southeast after a cease-fire collapsed in July 2015. A report from the UN rights office details evidence of “massive destruction, killings and numerous other serious human rights violations committed between July 2015 and December 2016 in southeast Turkey.” “Government security operations”Read more

Turkey Forces Arrest 2603 over PKK Links in Past 5 Months

Ankara - Arab Today

Turkey's Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu has announced that a total of 8, 477 people have been detained while 2,603 of them have been arrested due to their alleged links to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) over the past five months. Soylu said operations against the PKK intensified during winter and the Turkish security forces entered each and every base andRead more

Turkish Army Launches Military Operation against PKK in Sirnak Province

Ankara - Arab Today

Two Turkish soldiers were killed and four others were injured during military operations conducted by the Turkish security forces in southeastern Sirnak province against the PKK organization at the Gabar mountain. The Turkish army added in a statement Saturday that one militant was killed and one was injured as arrested during clashes between the soldiers and the PKK militants.Read more

Turkey holds 9 over ‘revenge attacks’ on pro-Kurd party

Istanbul - Arab Today

Turkish authorities on Sunday detained nine people suspected of involvement in a night of violence against offices of the main pro-Kurdish party in apparent reprisal for a deadly attack blamed on Kurdish militants. The pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) said 20 of its offices across the country had been attacked after Saturday’s suicide car bombing in the central city ofRead more

Protesters storm pro-Kurdish party after Turkey attack

Istanbul - Arab Today

Dozens of nationalist protesters on Saturday stormed the headquarters of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) in the central Turkish city of Kayseri after an attack that left 13 soldiers dead, images showed. The protesters broke into the building where the office is located, scattering papers and furniture on the street and removing the HDP sign from the entrance, imagesRead more

Amnesty International urges Turkey to allow 24,000 displaced people to return to Diyarbakir.

New York - Arab Today

Amnesty International on Tuesday called on Turkey to compensate and allow 24,000 people displaced under a curfew to return to their districts of the Kurdish-majority city of Diyarbakir, Sky New reported Tuesday. Turkish authorities imposed strict round-the-clock curfews in a number of urban centers in the southeast ravaged by the resumption in July 2015 of violence between the outlawed KurdistanRead more

7 Suspected Daesh Members Arrested in Turkey

Ankara - Arab Today

Turkish security forces arrested Tuesday seven foreign suspected members of ISIS group in Istanbul. Security source told the Turkish Anadolu Agency (AA) that two of the arrested were from Azerbaijan, four from Uzbekistan, and one from Tajikistan. The source added that two of the arrested people were on ISIS list of would-be suicide bombers. The source noted thatRead more

Turkey: 100 PKK militants ‘neutralized’

Ankara - Arab Today

Over 100 Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants were either killed or wounded in clashes with Turkish security forces on Saturday, the military said. It was one of the highest casualty tolls in a single day of the conflict in recent years. The military said in a statement that more than 100 PKK militants had been “neutralized” in clashes without specifyingRead more

2 PKK Elements Killed in Turkey

Ankara - Arab Today

Two PKK members were killed in an operation on Monday in Turkey's eastern Van province, a security source has told Anadolu Agency (AA). Turkish security forces killed the pair who had occupied a resident's house in the provinces Edremit district, according to the source who spoke on condition of anonymity. Ammunition was also seized during the operation. Source: QNA Read more

Turkish Security Forces arrest people with Suspected Daesh Links

Ankara - Arab Today

Turkish security forces on Wednesday arrested a number of ISIS suspects in Istanbul. Anadolu Agency (AA) quoted Turkish security sources as saying that Istanbul Security Directorate anti-terror units conducted simultaneous security operation, in which they raided a large number of sites in the Asian part of the city. The anti-terror units arrested during the operation a number ofRead more