Turkey: 6 suspected DHPK-C terrorists arrested

<p>By Muhammet Enes Can</p> <p>ISTANBUL (AA) – Appearing in court on Saturday, six accused DHKP-C terrorists were formally arrested after their capture in Istanbul earlier this week, according to security sources.</p> <p>On Tuesday, counter-terrorism police captured the suspected terrorists hiding on the top floor of a building in Okmeydani, Istanbul, said the sources, who asked not to be named due to restrictions on speaking to the media.</p> <p>The Revolutionary People's Liberation Party-Front, or DHKP-C — listed as a terrorist group by Turkey, the U.S., and the EU — is responsible for a number of terror attacks in Turkey, including a 2013 attack on the U.S. Embassy in Ankara which martyred a Turkish security guard and the 1996 murder of businessman Ozdemir Sabanci.</p> <p>Among those arrested were Umit Ilter — listed on the Interior Ministry's wanted terrorists list — and Caferi Sadik Eroglu, two alleged top members of the terrorist group.</p> <p>Charges against the two include establishing and running an armed terrorist group and spreading terrorist propaganda.</p> <p>Earlier this week, Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said the DHKP-C had been wiped out in rural areas of Turkey.</p> <p>&quot;Our fight against terrorism is on and will continue without slowing down,&quot; he said.</p>