The main purpose of these is to establish a state through Kurdish nationalism.” A villa on Mühendis Street in Kavacık in Beykoz was found before the operation, and it was confirmed to be an operations center operated by Hezbollah, it was also confirmed that in the house were Hüseyin Velioğlu, the general leader of Hezbollah, as well as Edip Gümüş, the leader of Hezbollah's military wing, and Cemal Tutar, a high-ranking member of the military wing.

[3][4] According to Palabıyık, Gümüş alone was responsible for the deaths of over 250 Turkish civilians, businessmen, law enforcement, and activists.

[5] Niyazi Palabayık announced that the Turkish police “pressed the button” on January 17, 2000 and raided the Beykoz villa.

Velioğlu engaged in a shootout with the police as they entered the house, and was shot to death alongside another Hezbollah member.

[7][8] After questioning Gümüş and Tutar, the Turkish police raided a Hezbollah cell house in Üsküdar, finding bomb-making materials, and 10 dead bodies buried by making a pig bond and covered in concrete.