Turkish police have detained 282 suspects over the past five days in a large-scale operation targeting the banned Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said on Tuesday.The suspects were detained across 51 of the country's 81 provinces,

The raids spanned 51 provinces, accusing suspects of funding the PKK, recruitment, propaganda and organising violent protests. View on euronews

Turkish police have detained 282 suspects accused of ties to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party, or PKK, militant group, the government said on Tuesday, among them journalists, politicians, and academics.

Turkey has detained 282 people in a nationwide swoop on those with suspected "terror" ties, the interior minister said Tuesday, despite a parallel government bid to end the bloody four-decade

Suspects were accused of conducting PKK propaganda, providing financing for the group, recruiting members and joining in street protests

In Turkey, 282 suspected PKK supporters have been arrested within five days. Turkish police had carried out nationwide raids against the banned Kurdistan Workers' Party. The suspects are said to have supported the PKK financially,