İ.Y., one of the perpetrators of the killing of Martyr Gendarmerie Major Kulaksız, caught in Bitlis's Tatvan district

In a joint operation carried out by the gendarmerie and the police in Muş and Bitlis, İ.Y., one of the perpetrators of the killing of Gendarmerie Major Arslan Kulaksız, who was martyred in front of his family on 27 July 2015, and two people who aided and sheltered him were caught. According to a statement made on the Ministry of Interior's social media account, the operation was carried out in coordination with the Intelligence Directorate of the Gendarmerie General Command and the TEM Department Directorate, together with the Muş Provincial Gendarmerie Command and the Muş and Bitlis Police Departments.

In the ministry's statement, it was stated that the fugitive suspect İ.Y. was caught at the address in Bitlis's Tatvan district where he was hiding. It was reported that in the course of continuing work, two people determined to have aided and sheltered the fugitive suspect were also caught in the same district. In the statement, it was reported that the Muş and Bitlis Provincial Police Departments and all those who contributed were also congratulated, with the words "Our heroic Gendarmerie, our Intelligence Directorate, our TEM Department Directorate, our Muş Provincial Gendarmerie Command" used.

Interior Minister Mustafa Çiftçi, in a post on his social media account under the title "Our state does not forget," said "The reckoning for what was done may wait until tomorrow, but it will not stay with the one who did it," and stated that the blood of our martyrs will not be left on the ground and that those responsible will be held to account sooner or later. Çiftçi used the words "Even if 9 years have passed, the memory and the will of our state are as strong as on the first day," and thanked the gendarmerie and police personnel who contributed to the operation.

In the ministry statement conveyed by Anadolu Agency, it was emphasized that the dear martyr was remembered with mercy and gratitude, and that the memory of the martyrs lives in the hearts of our nation and their precious families are under the protection of our state.