65 terrorists were neutralized in operations last week, according to a statement released by the Ministry of the Interior
The Ministry of Interior announced that 65 terrorists were neutralized in the aftermath of nationwide operations in the last week. According to the statement released by The Ministry of Interior, 579 operations were carried out by the Gendarmerie Special Forces (JÖH), the Gendarmerie Commando Units, and the Special Forces Police (PÖH), as well as within the internal security operations, between April 24 - May 1. In the operations carried out by air and land forces of Turkish Armed Forces (TSK), 238 people accused of aiding and harboring terrorists were taken into custody. 65 terrorists were neutralized in the aftermath of these operations, 38 were killed, while 16 were captured alive and 11 surrendered to the authorities.
Within the scope of combat against foreign terrorists, 43 people with suspected ties to the Daesh terrorist organization were taken into custody. 2,331 suspects affiliated with the FETÖ/PYD were taken into custody, and 26 affiliated with leftist terror organizations were taken into custody.
As a result of the operations carried out against the drug trade in Düzce, Adana, Kırşehir, Tokat, Elazığ, Aydın, Gaziantep, Trabzon and Hakkari, 43 people were taken into custody.