Türkiye: operation against the Kurdish PKK

In Turkey at least 110 people were arrested as part of an "anti-terrorist" operation against the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). A police source told AFP. The operation, which precedes crucial elections in Turkey by three weeks, was carried out in 21 provinces, including that of Diyarbakir, with a Kurdish majority, in the south-east of the country. According to the Diyarbakir Bar Association, "the total number of arrests could reach 150", including at least "twenty lawyers, five journalists, three theater actors and one politician".