Turkey raid left-wing insurgents said to plan 'sensational attacks' on May 1

Turkey raid left-wing insurgents said to plan 'sensational attacks' on May 1
ANKARA — The Turkey government of Prime Minister Recep Erdogan has launched a campaign to capture far left insurgents.

On April 27, some 1,000 Turkish forces raided 60 suspected strongholds of what were termed as Revolutionary Headquarters around Istanbul.

"They were planning to stage sensational armed attacks soon," Istanbul Gov. Moammar Guler said. "We have seized lots of weapons, bombs and boobytraps." Full story.