Operation Kalkan against migrant smugglers in 6 provinces!

Minister of Interior Ali Yerlikaya announced that 19 migrant smuggling organizers and 173 irregular migrants were apprehended in Kalkan-16 operations conducted across 6 provinces.

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Muğla and Bursa-based Kalkan-16 operations targeting migrant smugglers and irregular migrants in 6 provinces resulted in the apprehension of 19 migrant smuggling organizers and 173 irregular migrants.

Minister of Interior Ali Yerlikaya reported that out of the 15 migrant smugglers caught in Muğla, 7 have been arrested, 2 have been released under judicial control, and proceedings are ongoing for the others.

In Bursa, it was stated that 4 migrant smugglers were apprehended in operations conducted at 6 different addresses, and judicial proceedings have been initiated against them.

Yerlikaya announced that a large amount of Turkish Lira and numerous digital materials were seized during the operation.