The fugitive suspect of Martyr Major Arslan Kulaksız was caught after 11 years

The Ministry of Internal Affairs announced that one of the fugitive suspects of the attack in which Gendarmerie Major Arslan Kulaksız was martyred and 2 people who were determined to have helped him were captured.

According to the statement made by the Ministry, the operation was carried out under the coordination of Gendarmerie General Command's Intelligence Directorate and Counter-Terrorism (TEM) Department and Muş Provincial Gendarmerie Command, and with the joint work of Muş and Bitlis Provincial Police Departments.

During the operation carried out to capture the fugitives regarding the martyrdom of Gendarmerie Major Arslan Kulaksız on July 27, 2015, İ.Y. The suspect named was caught at the address where he was hiding in Tatvan district of Bitlis.

During the ongoing investigations, 2 suspects who were determined to have aided and abetted İ.Y. were also detained in the same district.