"This investigation and activity is about protecting all of our communities, but particularly those in our Turkish and Kurdish communities," said Acting Commander Helen Flanagan, outlining the focus of their efforts.
The PKK is banned as a terrorist organisation in Turkey, the US and UK, and has been fighting against the Turkish state since the 1980s for greater rights for the country's significant Kurdish minority.
Officers are carrying out searches at eight addresses across the capital, including the Kurdish Community Centre in Haringey, as part of the investigation.
The Metropolitan Police stated that there is not believed to be any imminent threat to the public linked to the matters under investigation.
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