VAN - Teams of Van Security Department have detained 44 people who arrived in eastern city of Van to join PKK terrorist organization, in operations launched this year, said sources on Tuesday.
Upon intelligence they received, Van police staged operations in various towns of Van and detained 44 people who arrived from Istanbul, Izmir, Gaziantep, Sanliurfa, Batman, Diyarbakir, Mardin, Kars and Mersin cities to Van to join PKK.
Sources said that 22 of the detained people were arrested.
Within the scope of operations in Van, 12 people were arrested in 2003, 12 in 2004 and 19 in 2005.