19 October 2023 at 14:15 TV 2: Norwegian woman arrested in Turkey A Norwegian woman has been arrested in Turkey. According to Turkish media, she is linked to the PKK, which Turkey considers a terrorist organization. TV 2 receives confirmation from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs that a Norwegian citizen has been arrested in Turkey. – We are aware that a Norwegian citizen has been arrested in Turkey. We worked to get in touch with the person concerned to offer consular assistance, writes press spokesperson Siri R. Svendsen in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in an email to TV 2. The Kurdish group is on the EU’s terror list. Turkish media reports that there has been a major operation against people suspected of financing the PKK. The news agency Anadolu reports that the Norwegian woman will be the leader of the Norwegian women’s organization of the PKK. Anadolu writes that the woman is suspected of having handed over money to PKK groups in northern Iraq.
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