Three people who were trying to flee to Greece were captured with the claim of being a member of a terrorist organization Wednesday.

Acting in accordance with intelligence, gendarmerie teams captured individuals C.B., M.D. and T.A. near the Adasarhanlı village of Edirne, the border city of Turkey to Greece, while preparing to flee to Greece. The suspects, who were accused of being members of the Revolutionary People's Liberation Party-Front (DHKP-C) terrorist organization, brought to courthouse of Uzunköprü, a town in Edirne province. C.B., who gave his testimony at the attorney generalship, was arrested afterwards while the additional process of the detainees continues for the other two suspects in gendarmerie commandership.

Greece remains one of the countries in which the DHKP-C is very active, and the terror group operates a camp, disguised as a refugee camp, located in the town of Lavrion, 60 kilometers (37 miles) southeast of Athens.

DHKP-C militant İsmail Akkol, who was the third assailant of the controversial Özdemir Sabancı murder in 1996 and was sentenced to aggravated life imprisonment in May, was also detained in Greece in 2014 along with four other DHKP-C members, but was released in 2015 despite being sought by Turkey with a red notice.

The DHKP-C, although less influential in Turkey than other terrorist organizations such as the PKK, still represents a considerable threat to the country's security, especially after a recent string of attacks. Following a Marxist-Leninist ideology, the DHKP-C was founded in 1978, and was most active during the Cold War years. The group has revived activities and attacks in recent years.