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A suspected PYD/PKK terrorist was arrested in southeastern Turkey, security sources said on Tuesday.
The suspect was arrested in Akçakale, in the southeastern Sanliurfa province, on the border with Syria, said the sources, who asked not to be named due to restrictions on speaking to media.
The sources said that during an operation against PYD/PKK terrorists along the Turkish-Syrian border, an unarmed terrorist was arrested.
The suspect, said to be a member of PYD/PKK, was taken to gendarmerie headquarters in Akcakale.
In its more than 30-year terror campaign against Turkey, the PKK -- listed as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the U.S. and the EU -- has been responsible for the deaths of some 40,000 people, including women and children. The PYD is the PKK's Syrian branch.
The U.S. has deployed over 500 troops to areas occupied by the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in Syria along the Turkish border within the last ten days alone, according to reports.Pentagon transferred these soldiers from Iraq and the U.S. base al-Tanf in southern Syria to the Ayn El Arab (Kobani) and al-Yarubiyah line.The U.S has supplied the PYD terror organization and its armed wing, the YPG, with thousands of truckloads of weapons to allegedly use in the fight against Daesh, despite Ankara’s warnings that the fact they are the Syrian offshoots of the PKK terror organization.Daesh terrorists have control over two villages across Syria – Hajir and Ishafa- where only 1,500 terrorists are stationed in a 150 square-kilometer area.UAE, Saudi Arabia dispatch troops to east of the Euphrates in SyriaPKK, US simultaneously send military reinforcements Raqqa Local Council member Salih Hacı Abdullah spoke exclusively to Yeni Şafak daily and unveiled the details about the deployments, stating that the U.S and the PKK terror organization were acting in coordination with each other.He stressed that more than 3000 PKK terrorists from Deir ez-Zor and Raqqa were sent to northern regions in fear of a Turkish operation.President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said in late October that Turkey had completed preparations for operations on the eastern side of Euphrates River.“We will trample on terror groups with more effective operations. We have finished all our preparations and plans regarding the issue," Erdoğan said.
Hundreds of US troops deploy to PKK-occupied areas on Turkey-Syria border