Ankara, Oct 23
Turkey National Intelligence Organization has detained three members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), local media reported.
Zeynep Taskiran and Zubeyde Taskiran, allegedly key members of the group's European structure, were detained in Istanbul, while Hatin Sahbaz, the third PKK member, was arrested in northwestern Balikesir province on Tuesday, reports.
It added that the three individuals, who were siblings, were detained in joint operations conducted by the Turkish intelligence and the police without specifying the time frame of the operations.
Zeynep Taskiran, who allegedly took part in anti-Turkey protests and events organised by the PKK's France branch, was a former member of the group's rural forces.