PKK, Daesh to attempt strikes on May 19 Turkish national holiday: MIT
10:33, 16/05/2016, MondayU: Update: 10:45, 16/05/2016, Monday
Yeni Şafak
The secret service says terrorist organizations Daesh and PKK are determined to strike Turkey on the national holiday
Turkey's National Intelligence Organization (MIT) has urged ultra-tight security to prevent Daesh and PKK plots to strike military targets in the Turkish capital, Ankara, ahead of the May 19 holiday.
In the official historiography, May 19 is considered the launch of the Turkish War of Independence and celebrated nationwide every year with a series of events.
Intelligence officials said Daesh is likely to target a recruitment office in Cebeci district of Ankara as well as Ataturk's Mausoleum in the center of Ankara on May 19 to escalate further tension in Turkey, which is currently fighting terror both inside and outside.
MIT has focused on potential terror strikes on the national holiday after a magazine, close to Daesh, labelled Turkish police and military “infidels" and deemed their killing “permissible."
Senior officials suggest Daesh may launch 10 additional terror attacks across Turkey after receiving a report which said 10 Daesh terrorists have recently crossed into Turkey from Syria.
Meanwhile, Gendarmerie in Siirt believe they have foiled a terror plot, orchestrated by Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) to stir chaos on May 19.
Acting on intelligence, gendarmerie forces recovered 722 kg of improvised explosives placed in 83 pressure cookers in Gökçebağ district in southeastern province on Saturday. Bombs, empowered by C4 plastic explosive, were deactivated by the bomb squad.
Gendarmerie still continue searching PKK terrorists, believed to launch attacks in central Siirt on the national holiday.
In another southeastern province, Şanlıurfa, security forces are seeking a man, believed to have aided and abetted the PKK.
Police search began after some home-made bombs and a suicide bomber jacket were found abandoned in a container earlier this month. Intelligence officials say that this equipment could be linked to a PKK terrorist, codenamed Hussein Al-Ali, who met with the man to deliver the explosives.
The unidentified terror suspect is wanted across Şanlıurfa.