Turkish police detain 79 in anti-terror raids

ISTANBUL

At least 79 people, including nine minors, have been detained in anti-terror operations across Turkey on Monday.

Anti-terror police raided number of properties in Istanbul’s Gaziosmanpasa and Sultangazi districts, looking for alleged members of the terrorist PKK’s youth wing.

Fifteen people were detained on charges of making propaganda for the PKK and insulting state officials.

During the raid, police seized one pistol, three shotguns and ammunition.

Additionally, 12 people in Turkey’s central Eskisehir province and two people in Istanbul have been detained as a result of an Eskisehir-based investigation, the city's governor Gungor Aziz Tuna said on Monday.

In southern Adana province, police detained at least 36 people suspected of having links to terrorist organization PKK, the province’s police said in a statement.

Six people were detained in western Mugla province, according to provincial police.

In eastern Van and Igdir provinces, police detained eight people and seized three pistols and a shotgun.

Those operations come after a bomb attack killed at least 37 people in the capital city Ankara on Sunday.