Thousands of police officers take part in operations in 21 Turkish provinces after blast in the capital, Ankara.

Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said on Tuesday police carried out raids in 16 Turkish provinces, detaining 55 people suspected of being part of the “intelligence structure” of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK).

At least 12 other suspected PKK members were rounded up in a separate operation in five provinces, Yerlikaya wrote on X, the social media platform.

Some 13,400 security personnel took part in the operations, the minister said.

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