Turkey detains nearly 1,000 following suicide bomb attack in Ankara

A bomb disposal expert works next to a car after the explosion in Ankara on Sunday (Yavuz Ozden/Dia Images via AP)

Police have made almost a thousand arrests across Turkey during raids targeting people with alleged links to Kurdish militants days after a suicide bomb attack in Ankara.

Interior minister Ali Yerlikaya said police carried out raids in 16 Turkish provinces, detaining 55 people suspected of being part of the “intelligence structure” of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK.