Six YPG terrorists captured in Turkey trying to flee to Greece

Six terrorists from the PKK's Syrian offshoot the Democratic Union Party's (PYD) armed wing the People's Protection Units (YPG) were captured in the Turkish district of Kuşadası in western Aydın province while attempting to flee to Greece across the Aegean Sea. According to Turkish media outlets, local police thwarted the plans of the terrorists, believed to be members of the YPG, who are accused of devising a plan to flee to the Greek island of Sisam across the Aegean Sea. The Kuşadası police department launched an operation to capture the terrorists and YPG members were taken to police headquarters for questioning.

Minister visits governorate of slain governor Safitürk

During a visit to the district of Derik as part of a ministerial visit to Mardin province Sunday, Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu said that the Turkish people will not surrender to those who pit them against one another, vowing to make the terrorists pay for disturbing this nation's peace.

The interior minister's visit comes after the assassination of former district governor of Derik, Muhammed Fatih Safitürk in a PKK terrorist attack on the district governorate's building which was bombarded with rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs).

Soylu conversed briefly with civilians and students in the garden of the district governorate where he said that despite the unfortunate events that happened recently, Turkey will have a stronger future together