Simultaneous operation in 34 provinces against immigrant smuggling

According to the statement made by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, simultaneous operations were carried out in 34 provinces against immigrant smuggling by provincial gendarmerie commands, under the coordination of the Gendarmerie General Command's Department of Combating Immigrant Smuggling and Human Trafficking.

Adana, Ağrı, Aksaray, Ankara, Antalya, Ardahan, Artvin, Aydın, Bingöl, Bitlis, Çanakkale, Düzce, Edirne, Erzurum, Eskişehir, Gaziantep, Hakkari, Hatay, Iğdır, İstanbul, İzmir, Kahramanmaraş, Kayseri, Kırklareli, Kilis, Mersin, Muğla, Osmaniye, Sakarya, Şanlıurfa, As a result of coordinated efforts carried out by Gendarmerie Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (JİHA) from the air and by land security, highway and commando teams in Şırnak, Tekirdağ, Van and Yalova, 2 thousand 116 people who entered the country illegally were caught.

Irregular immigrants were handed over to the Provincial Directorates of Immigration Management to initiate deportation procedures.

Within the scope of the operations, 111 vehicles and 10 boats and boat engines, which were determined to be used in immigrant smuggling, were seized.

63 of the 81 immigrant smuggling suspects were arrested, and judicial control provisions were applied to 18 of them.