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Turkey Arrests 282 Despite Reconciliation Bid With PKK

Turkey says it has detained 282 people in a nationwide swoop targeting those with suspected 'terror' ties (Credit: AFP)

Turkey has detained 282 people in a nationwide swoop on those with suspected "terror" ties, the interior minister said Tuesday, despite a parallel government bid to end the bloody four-decade Kurdish conflict.

Ankara is seeking to revive peace talks with the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), designated as a terror group by Turkey and its Western allies, that have been frozen for a decade.

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