Seven suspects have been taken into custody by the police in anti-terror operations in western province of Izmir in Turkey early Wednesday.
Turkish police said that they had apprehended seven people on the grounds that they are members of the PKK's YDG-H (Patriotic Revolutionary Youth Movement).
The suspects were reportedly wanted by police for making propaganda for the Kurdish Worker's Party (PKK) during unauthorized demonstrations in Izmir, attacking security forces with stones and Molotov cocktails as well as blocking roads with garbage containers.
The police, who made simultaneous operations in Izmir, also seized numerous documents.
Meanwhile three suspects apprehended Wednesday an anti-terror operation against the YDG-H in the southeastern province of Batman were remanded in custody by the judicial authorities, said police sources.
During the operation, long-barreled weapons, a pistol, 10 magazines, 300 bullets, and explosives were seized, police said.
Turkish military forces have been engaged in an all-out offensive against the PKK, imposing curfews in many Kurdish towns throughout southeastern Turkey. Turkey claims that over 600 PKK militants have been killed, but activists and rights groups have decried high civilian casualities in the operations.
