In a press statement at around 14:00 local time on 24 July, Davutoğlu claimed that 297 suspects had been arrested. 37 arrests had been made in
Ceylanpınar in relation to the killing of two police officers in the district by the PKK, while 19 other arrests in relation to the deaths were made in
Diyarbakır. 37 of those arrested were foreign, while 103 of the 297 arrests had been made in Istanbul alone, with large numbers of firearms also being impounded upon during the police raids. The firearms used in the attack were impounded by the officers. Overall, 6 firearms and numerous documents had been impounded in raids across Istanbul. On 25 July, operations conducted with the aid of police helicopters resulted in several arrests in the district of
Beyoğlu.
Ankara Counter-terrorism raids were conducted in 12 different sites across
Ankara, leading to a total of 14 arrests. 5 of the arrests were associated with the
Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), while the remaining 9 were associated with the
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. 2 PKK youth members were arrested in the
Yenimahalle district on 25 July. Among those arrested was the alleged head of the Ankara branch of PKK.
İzmir In response to a warning made in the district of
Menemen, two individuals under the age of 18 were placed under surveillance. In the ensuring operation, the two individuals were arrested along with
molotov cocktails and drums full of petrol. It was alleged that the two suspects were planning to start a
forest fire on behalf of a terrorist organisation. In another operation in central
İzmir, four suspects were taken into custody for participating in illegal demonstrations on behalf of a terrorist organisation. On 25 July, numerous documents and evidence was confiscated during operations against the YGD/H.
Şanlıurfa In
Şanlıurfa Province, where
the bombings in the district of
Suruç by ISIL resulted in the death of 32 youth activists, 49 different addresses linked to the PKK were raided, with a total of 35 arrests being made. It was later claimed separately by Davutoğlu that 39 PKK suspects had been arrested in
Ceylanpınar alone for alleged links to the killing of two police officers in the district on 22 July. On 25 July, police officers in
Ceylanpınar,
Suruç and
Birecik arrested 20 suspects who were allegedly members of the PKK.
Bursa In
Bursa, operations conducted on suspected members of the PKK's youth establishment YDG-H (Patriotic Revolutionary Youth Movement) resulted in the arrests of 9 suspects. Police in Bursa also began investigations into individuals who had participated previously in violent rioting and forcing children to take part in such rioting as well. The arrests were made in Bursa's
Yıldırım district. 7 more suspects were arrested on 25 July.
Iğdır The Iğdır Provincial Directorate of Security began operations in the early hours of 24 July at different addresses, with 9 suspects being arrested on charges of spreading propaganda for the PKK.
Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) Member of Parliament for
Iğdır,
Mehmet Emin, stated that the co-chair of the
Democratic Regions Party (DBP) Iğdır branch, Zübeyde Kaynar, the co-chair of the HDP Iğdır branch Dilber Turan and former DBP Mayor of Iğdır Hüseyin Malk were among those arrested. Former
Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) councillor Oğuz Ok was also among those arrested.
Antalya In
Antalya, two suspects thought to be members of the PKK were arrested. Since one of the suspects was under the age of 18, the suspect was required to give their witness statement to the Children's Department of the Directorate of Security.
Elazığ In operations taking place in
Elazığ, five suspects who were allegedly part of the PKK's youth organisation were arrested. The police officers taking party in the operations also confiscated two unlicensed firearms and numerous organisation-related documents.
Bitlis In
Bitlis, operations conducted against the youth organisations of the PKK and the
Group of Communities in Kurdistan (KCK), namely the Patriotic Revolutionary Youth Movement (YDG/H), resulted in the arrests of 8 people.
Adana The
Adana Directorate of Security designed an operation in the neighbourhood of Gülbahçesi in the district of
Seyhan, in which 22 suspects thought to be members of the Patriotic Revolutionary Youth Movement (YDG/H) were arrested. The
Provincial Gendarmerie also arrested 10 suspects in the Yakapınar neighbourhood, located in the metropolitan district of
Yüreğir. 3 other suspects were arrested in the Dağlıoğlu neighbourhood. The number of arrests rose to 54 on 25 July.
Mersin In
Mersin, the Directorate of Security launched operations against suspected PKK members who had participated in unlicensed protests and had opened fire against security forces. 21 suspects were arrested, with 190 hunting rifles being filed. 10 bullets were also confiscated.
Şırnak On 25 July, police officers in the
Cizre district of
Şırnak Province were met by fireworks, noise bombs and gunfire from YDG/H members while pursuing several operations in the district. Following a brief conflict between the police and YDG/H militants, 5 suspects were arrested. At the same time, the
Gendarmerie arrested 5 other members thought to be part of the PKK.
Konya On 25 July, police officers in
Konya, around 300 officers participated in numerous operations against ISIL targets, detaining three and arresting 16 suspects. One suspect was thought to be a suicide bomber from ISIL and was identified as one of the three suicide bombers that had allegedly been sent to Turkey by ISIL to conduct terrorist attacks.
Bingöl In
Bingöl, 9 suspects who were thought to have links with the PKK were arrested. The
Governor of Bingöl,
Yavuz Selim Köşger claimed that 7 of those arrested had been caught in the central district of Bingöl, while the remaining two had been arrested in the provincial districts of
Karlıova and
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