Gülizar Taşdemir's asylum request was rejected by Norway
Police arrested PKK terror group member Gülizar Taşdemir, 42, at Istanbul's Atatürk Airport on Thursday.
Taşdemir’s arrest came following her deportation from Norway when her asylum request was rejected.
During her body search, police seized two cellphones, two SIM cards, three flash memory cards as well as digital material, documents related to the terror group and photographs shot alongside Öcalan.
Recruited by the PKK in 1991, Taşdemir received armed training at the Mahmur camp, Iraq, and was with Öcalan, the jailed head of the PKK terrorist organization, for many years.
In 2013, the Public Prosecutor's Office in eastern Erzurum had issued an arrest warrant for Taşdemir for membership in an armed terror group.
The PKK is listed as a terrorist organization by Turkey as well as the U.S. and the EU. In its terror campaign against Turkey, which has lasted for more than three decades, over 40,000 people have been killed, including women and children.
