Turkey lists 676 'wanted terrorists'

ISTANBUL

The Turkish Interior Ministry has updated its list of "wanted terrorists", which now includes 676 names, up from 101 in October.

In total, 583 PKK terrorists have been included. There were 52 in the previous list in October. 

The list is divided into five color-coded categories, red designating the most wanted, followed by blue, green, orange and grey. 

The red list includes the name of the U.S.-based preacher, Fethullah Gulen, leader of the so-called "parallel state".

The “parallel state”, known also by the initials FETO/PDY, is a purported clandestine group of Turkish bureaucrats and senior officials embedded in the country's institutions, including the judiciary and police, led by Gulen and his Hizmet (Service) movement, which is allegedly plotting to overthrow the elected government.

In addition to Gulen, the red list contains the names of "top" PKK terrorists such as Cemil Bayik, Murat Karayilan, and Duran Kalkan.

Bayik is one of five founders of the terrorist PKK organization while Karayilan is its acting leader, and Kalkan a senior commander.

In the list, appear the names of 20 members of Daesh, 19 from FETO/PDY, seven DKHP-C (far-left Revolutionary People's Liberation Party-Front) militants and 10 MLK-P (Marxist-Leninist Communist Party). 

Eight al-Qaeda and three Turkish Hezbollah members are also included in the list.

According to the website, any information relevant to the arrest or capture of the “wanted terrorists” may result in a monetary award of up to 4 million Turkish liras ($1.33 million).

Turkey will not disclose the names of the people who provide information on wanted terrorists.

The online list, originally published by the ministry last October, is available at www.terorarananlar.pol.tr. 

The ministry also provides photographs, terrorist organizations, date and place of births of the wanted.