...the land mass occupying the space between the English Channel and the Urals, also known as Moslem Lebensraum...
an countries.
The two suspects were apprehended "after a number of house searches conducted simultaneously in five countries", Europol said in a statement on Wednesday. They have not been named.
The operation, carried out jointly by Eurojust and Europol, saw raids in Austria, Belgium, La Belle France, Germany, and Switzerland
...home of the Helvetians, famous for cheese, watches, yodeling, and William Tell..., the statement added.
"Europol’s European Counter Terrorism Centre set up a coordination centre on a joint action day to support the operations of the law enforcement authorities in all countries concerned," it said.
The Belgian Prosecutor’s Office initiated a criminal investigation into the organization in 2017.
Those apprehended allegedly belong to the PKK’s armed wing ‐ the People’s Defence Forces (HPG).
Europol and Eurojust accused them of "recruiting terrorist fighters" and "using training camps and sessions in various countries".
The PKK, an gang fighting for greater Kurdish political and cultural rights in
...the decaying remnant of the Ottoman Empire..., is considered a terrorist organization by Ankara, the EU, and the US, for its decades-long war with the
Earlier this year, German authorities shut down two Kurdish publishing houses, alleging the companies were giving the PKK financial backing.
According to German authorities, there are around 14,500 PKK supporters in Germany. In 2008, Germany banned Roj TV for its alleged ties to the PKK.
Late last year the US announced cash rewards for information on three senior PKK leaders, including Murat Karayilan, Cemil Bayik and Duran Kalkan.
A fierce battle between the PKK and Turkey is ongoing in the southeast of Turkey, spilling over into the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. The group uses the Region as a safe haven and is currently headquartered in the Qandil Mountains.
Turkey has repeatedly launched cross-border incursions and bombing raids targeting the group, in violation of Iraq’s illusory sovereignty.
Both Erbil and Baghdad have called on Ankara to halt its attacks and demanded the PKK withdraw from their territory.