Appearing in court on Saturday, six accused DHKP-C terrorists were formally arrested after their capture in Istanbul earlier this week, according to security sources.
On Tuesday, counter-terrorism police captured the suspected terrorists hiding on the top floor of a building in Okmeydanı, Istanbul, said the sources, who asked not to be named due to restrictions on speaking to the media.
DHKP-C RESPONSIBLE FOR A NUMBER OF TERROR ATTACKS
The Revolutionary People’s Liberation Party-Front or DHKP-C listed as a terrorist group by Turkey, the US and the EU is responsible for a number of terror attacks in Turkey, including a 2013 attack on the US Embassy in Ankara which martyred a Turkish security guard and the 1996 murder of businessman Özdemir Sabancı.
Among those arrested were Umit Ilter listed on the Interior Ministry’s wanted terrorists list and Caferi SadIk Eroğlu, two alleged top members of the terrorist group.Charges against the two include establishing and running an armed terrorist group and spreading terrorist propaganda.
Earlier this week, Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu said the DHKP-C had been wiped out in rural areas of Turkey.“Our fight against terrorism is on and will continue without slowing down” Soylu added.