Blow to criminal organizations in Istanbul! No passage for crime and criminals!

Decisive operations against criminal organizations in Istanbul have gained great momentum in the last two months. As a result of the meticulous work of the security forces, many gangs have been dismantled and the criminals have been brought to justice.

So how many gangs were destroyed in recent operations and how? While A Haber obtained very special images, our reporter Esra Akyürek explained the details of the fight against the gangs.

BALANCE SHEET OF OPERATIONS

Esra Akyürek: There were gangs in Istanbul and various provinces of Turkey that generally committed crimes using motorcycles. The fight against these gangs continues very intensely and the Police Department's determination on this issue is quite intense. Istanbul Police Chief Selami Yıldız also has strict instructions on the issue and we can say that this issue will be completely finished, what kind of data do we come across when we look at the last month? First of all, 56 operations were carried out in a month regarding the issue and 313 suspects were caught, 223 of them were arrested and 121 shootings were solved.

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HOW DO GANGS OPERATE?

First of all, the gang members are very young. These gangs usually deceive young people between the ages of 15-20, encourage them to commit crimes and participate in their actions and activities. And since they know that they will actually receive less punishment, they push them to take to the field and carry out these actions. In this sense, it is useful to state that social media also has a very intense effect. The teams continue to intervene in that social media dimension. In the coming days, we will see very hard work regarding the activities on social media and we can say that this organization will gradually end its activities.

Istanbul Police Chief Selami Yıldız made a statement recently regarding the issue. Yıldız said, 'The city bandits who set their sights on Istanbul's peace and try to become arrogant with crime should know that they will definitely be held accountable for this.'

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WHY DO THEY USE MOTORCYCLES?

It is much faster for them to escape in back streets. It is much easier for them to change their license plates. It may take seconds to remove those plates. That is why they were showing more motorcycle actions, but according to the latest studies conducted by the security forces on the subject, any motorcycle without a license plate is no longer allowed in the city. In this sense, they certainly have weapons in their hands, and very serious weapons were seized in the operations.