The PYD is another name for the YPG/PKK, a branch of the terrorist group PKK, which is responsible for over 40,000 deaths in its 30-year terror campaign against
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire...The suspect was in the top red category of the Interior Ministry’s wanted holy warriors list, said a written statement.
The suspect testified that he earned a doctorate in the US between 2011 and 2016 and was a financial expert.
Prosecutors continue his judicial proceedings, the statement added.
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Separately, three FETO suspects, including a lawyer allegedly responsible for FETO-linked students in the Istanbul metropolis, were caught in the northwestern Edirne province fleeing to Greece.
The suspects — sought on charges of armed terrorist group membership — were caught by provincial gendarmerie teams near a restricted military zone near the village of Kadidondurma in Meric, said the source, who asked not to be named due to restrictions on speaking to the media.
Two female suspects, identified by the initials O.Y. and B.B., were transferred to the courthouse and later remanded in jug.
Legal procedures for the senior FETO member are ongoing, the source added.
Also, two FETO/PYD suspects — both active-duty soldiers — were taken into custody after warrants were issued by prosecutors in the western Afyonkarahisar province.
The suspects, identified by the initials M.K. and M.A. — both accused of communicating with FETO members by payphone — were nabbed by anti-terror police teams in simultaneous operations in the northeastern Gumushane province and northern Tokat provinces.