Turkish police and gendarmerie conducted operations in 40 provinces of the country, as a result of which almost 200 suspects were detained in connection with the activities of extremist groups "Islamic State" and the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), the Turkish Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya wrote on his X page, Paralel.Az reports.

The minister said that operations against IS took place in six provinces of the country as a result of joint efforts by the intelligence department and the counter-terrorism department of the General Directorate of Security. Yerlikaya noted that 38 suspects were detained in the provinces of Adana, Aydin, Çorum, Gaziantep, Kayseri and Mersin, and a large amount of digital materials and significant amounts of foreign currency and Turkish lira were seized.

The minister added that raids against the PKK were carried out in 34 provinces, including Ankara, Antalya, Izmir, Istanbul and regions in the east and southeast of the country. He said that these operations were carried out in cooperation between the Prosecutor General's Office, the General Directorate of the Gendarmerie and the General Directorate of Security, and led to the detention of 147 suspects of aiding or participating in the terrorist organization PKK.