Turkey detains 90 people over suspected PKK links after Ankara bomb attack

A bomb disposal expert works at the scene after a bomb attack in Ankara on October 1, 2023 [Cagla Gurdogan/Reuters]

Turkish police have launched a wide security crackdown following a suicide bomb attack in Turkey’s capital, Ankara.

Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said on Tuesday that police carried out raids in 64 Turkish provinces targeting people who possess illegal arms, after the attack blamed on the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK).