Turkey
Two executives of former crypto investment platform arrested for fraud in Istanbul
Two executives from a former crypto investment platform accused of fraud were arrested in Istanbul earlier this year, Turkish media reported.
Turkish police have detained 18 people for "praising terrorism" after the killing of soldiers last week, while a high-level outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) member was "neutralised" in northern Iraq, authorities said on Monday.
The PKK, designated a terrorist group by Turkey, the United States and the European Union, took up arms in 1984 © Mena Today
Turkish police have detained 18 people for "praising terrorism" after the killing of soldiers last week, while a high-level outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) member was "neutralised" in northern Iraq, authorities said on Monday.
Nine Turkish soldiers died in clashes with the PKK in northern Iraq on Friday, prompting Ankara to conduct air strikes and operations both there and in northern Syria.
The PKK, designated a terrorist group by Turkey, the United States and the European Union, took up arms in 1984 for the rights of ethnic Kurdish people. Turkish forces regularly strike PKK militants based in the mountains of northern Iraq.
Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said on social media that police had detained 18 people for "praising a terrorist organisation", "spreading terrorism propaganda," and "spreading misleading information" over Turkey's operations in Iraq.
Arrest warrants were issued for 19 others in Turkey and 133 abroad, Yerlikaya added, without giving further details.
A Turkish security source said that National Intelligence Agency (MIT) had "neutralised" Hulya Mercen, a high-level PKK member who led several attacks on Turkish troops in the past, in northern Iraq's Metina region.
Many other PKK militants have also been "neutralised" in operations since Friday, the defence ministry said, using a term typically meaning killed.
There was no immediate reaction from the PKK, which seldom confirms attacks against it.
Schools across Turkey observed a minute's silence on Monday morning to honour the dead soldiers, the government said.
Reporting by Huseyin Hayatsever
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