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At least 94 outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) suspects have been detained across Turkey during operations ahead of the spring festival of Nevruz, a security source said on March 16.

Turkey will focus on the evacuation of civilians from Syria’s East Ghouta in the upcoming period and its National Intelligence Agency (MİT) is carrying out work for the removal of al-Nusra from the besieged area as well, Turkish Presidential Spokesperson İbrahim Kalın has said. 

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The U.S. delivered Abdullah Öcalan, the imprisoned leader of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), to Turkey in 1999 in order to gain control of the group, former Chief of Staff Gen. İlker Başbuğ has claimed, stressing that this is his “personal opinion.”

Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and Kurdish-defending Democratic People's Party (NPD) exchanged blows during talks on a Turkish-run operation in the northwest Syrian Afrin region, reported Turkish edition Hurryiet.

Turkey is planning a crossborder military operation into Iraq against the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) along with the federal Iraqi government, Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu has said,  private broadcaster CNN Türk reported on March 8.

Greece rejected Turkey’s extradition request for a member of the outlawed far-leftist Revolutionary People’s Liberation Army-Front (DHKP-C) on March 6 amid tension that ignited after two Greek soldiers were detained on Turkish border.

An Athens court on Tuesday turned down a fresh request for the extradition of one of nine men arrested in November on suspicion of belonging to a Turkish far-left militant group.

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu on Monday told reporters that he is to address the extradition matter of the former co-leader of PYD/PKK terrorist group Salih Muslum with his German counterpart on Tuesday, Anadolu Agency reported.

A Greek court is on Friday set to hear an appeal by Russian authorities for the extradition of two Russian men alleged to be members of an Islamic fundamentalist group with links to Al Qaeda, Kathimerini understands.