A widespread raid against Kurds took place in Poland on 4 October. Fifty people were detained, phones, computers and storage media were confiscated. One of the people involved spoke to Yeni Özgür Politika about the raid. Harûn Jirkî is one of the Kurds who were detained in Poznan. He stated that a Newroz celebration in 2018 was given as the reason: "The reason for the raids were PKK flags and pictures of Abdullah Öcalan displayed on Newroz. There was also talk of suspected financial support for the organisation and possession of weapons."

According to Jirkî, police officers involved in the search claimed that they were from the Turkish intelligence service MIT. In addition, police officers who saw a tattooed picture of Commander Egîd on the shoulder of a Kurd detained in Warsaw, spoke Turkish among themselves and said: "This is Mahsum Korkmaz."

Kebab shops searched

Jirkî is convinced that the operation is the result of a deal between Poland and Turkey: "The searches were amateurish and hectic. In a kebab restaurant, weapons were searched among the potatoes, in a kebab shop for pictures of Abdullah Öcalan. Not only Kurds were affected, the flats of Turks who have contact with Kurds and work with them were also searched. Their computers and telephones were confiscated."

Harûn Jirkî pointed out that the Polish media did not report on the raid: "That's why we assume it was secret and connected to the Turkish state."

Only a report in the ultra-conservative portal fronda.pl described the mass arrests as a scandal.