11 March 2010 / İSMAIL AVCI, DIYARBAKIR
Police detained 23 suspected hackers who are believed to be working for the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in simultaneous operations in 13 Turkish provinces, including Diyarbakır, İzmir and Hatay.
The detainees are accused of hacking the Web sites of state institutions upon the directives of the PKK. The directives allegedly came from the terrorist group’s top officials in the Kandil Mountains. The hackers have thus far posted PKK propaganda on 300 Web sites. The suspects have been taken to the counterterrorism units of the police departments in the cities where the raids took place. Five of them were reported to be minors. They are expected to be interrogated about their suspected ties to the terrorist organization.