Turkish police detain 73 in anti-terror operation


Wednesday, March 16th 2016

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Ankara – At least 73 people have been detained in anti-terror operations across Turkey on Wednesday.

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Anti-terror police raided a number of properties in 15 districts of Istanbul, including Beyoglu, Fatih, and Avcilar, looking for alleged members of the PKK terrorist organization.

Police detained at least 29 people, including nine lawyers. Five of this total were detained in Batman, Antalya, Tunceli, Izmır and Sakarya provinces.

In southern Kahramanmaras province, police detained 16 people, including a number of students, in anti-terror operations against the PKK and its youth wing.

As a part of Kahramanmaras-based operation, four people in Istanbul, Elazig, Gaziantep and Sanliurfa provinces were also detained.

Additionally, police detained six people in the capital Ankara and eight other in western Bursa province.

Meanwhile, in the western Manisa province, police detained 10 people in an anti-PKK operation.

Hatice Aslan and Sait Ayci, provincial co-chairs of the opposition Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), were among the detainees, police said.

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