Minister Yerlikaya announced: 891 weapons seized in illegal arms operation
Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya announced in a post on his social media account that 891 weapons were seized across 73 provinces as part of the Mercek-4 operations.
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Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya shared a post on his X account. Yerlikaya provided details regarding the Mercek-4 operations.
Yerlikaya stated the following:
"In the Mercek-4 operations conducted over the last 3 days in 73 provinces against individuals carrying unlicensed weapons and arms smugglers; a total of 891 weapons were seized, including 697 unlicensed pistols, 25 long-barreled rifles, 54 blank-firing pistols, and 115 unlicensed hunting rifles. 1,127 suspects were taken into custody.
A total of 891 unlicensed weapons were seized in the Mercek-4 operations carried out by our Provincial Gendarmerie Commands and Provincial Security Directorates in Istanbul, Adana, Izmir, Antalya, Ankara, Samsun, Bursa, Mersin, Diyarbakır, Şanlıurfa, Kocaeli, Gaziantep, Konya, Sakarya, Osmaniye, Hatay, Manisa, Tokat, Balıkesir, Kayseri, Kahramanmaraş, Trabzon, Aydın, Elazığ, Çorum, Şırnak, Batman, Bingöl, Malatya, Mardin, Ordu, Tekirdağ, Uşak, Edirne, Muğla, Niğde, Adıyaman, Denizli, Erzurum, Kastamonu, Kırıkkale, Muş, Rize, Ağrı, Afyonkarahisar, Amasya, Çanakkale, Düzce, Eskişehir, Giresun, Karabük, Nevşehir, Sivas, Bitlis, Burdur, Kütahya, Aksaray, Ardahan, Bartın, Bayburt, Bolu, Erzincan, Gümüşhane, Kars, Van, Yalova, Yozgat, Bilecik, Çankırı, Hakkari, Isparta, Kilis, and Siirt."