Six folks have been charged with being members of the banned Kurdistan Staff’ Celebration after an investigation by counter-terrorism police in London.

The 2 ladies and 4 males have been arrested and detained underneath the Terrorism Act 2000 on Wednesday 27 November.

The Kurdistan Staff’ Celebration, generally known as the PKK, has been a proscribed organisation since 2001 for its advocation of Kurdish self-rule via each political and armed wrestle.

The Metropolitan Police stated this morning that Turkan Ozcan, 59, from Edmonton in north London, and Berfin Kerban, 31, from Haggerston in east London, each ladies, have been charged with being a member of a terrorist organisation on Monday.

Mazlum Sayak, 27, from South Woodford in east London, Ali Boyraz, 62, from Tottenham in north London, Ercan Akbal, 56, from Leyton in east London, and Agit Karatas, 23, from Hackney in east London, have been charged with the identical offence.

The six individuals who have been charged will seem at Westminster Magistrates’ Court docket at the moment.

A 31-year-old man who was arrested as a part of the investigation has been launched with out cost, the pressure stated.

The Metropolitan Police stated there was not believed to be any imminent menace to the general public after the arrests.

The PKK group and its aliases are stated by the UK authorities to be “primarily a separatist motion that seeks an impartial Kurdish state in southeast Turkey”.

Performing Commander Helen Flanagan, from the Met’s counter-terrorism command, stated after the costs: “We absolutely recognise the priority and affect this investigation has had upon the area people and we proceed to work intently with native policing colleagues to maintain them up to date.

“The fees caused on this case are very severe and are available about following an intensive investigation by our detectives.

“It is vital that communities proper throughout London know that the place we suspect any form of potential terrorist exercise, then we are going to look to research and take motion to disrupt that so as to hold all people protected.”