A total of 21 terrorists were “neutralized” during counter-terrorism operations across Turkey over the past week, according to the country’s Interior Ministry. The Turkish Armed Forces carried out 1,388 counter-terrorism operations on May 14-21 with the assistance of land and air forces.
During the operations, 190 people were arrested for allegedly aiding and abetting the PKK terrorist group and 35 others for their suspected links to the Daesh terrorist group. another 527 people were arrested for suspected links to the Fetullah Terrorist Organization (FETO), the group behind the July 2016 defeated coup, which martyred 250 people and injured nearly 2,200, and 16 others for their links to leftist terrorist groups.
Further, security forces also destroyed six shelters, including several caves and seven improvised explosives, during operations in the eastern provinces of Sirnak, Batman, Mardin, and Diyarbakir.
