The Ankara prosecutor’s office said 209 people were detained, while 32 others remained at large. Turkey has announced a ban on demonstrations amid preparations for next month’s NATO summit in the capital.
NATO leaders will gather in the Turkish capital Ankara for the Alliance’s annual summit next month, and the government has started implementing security measures and stepping up policing in anticipation.
US President Donald Trump and the leaders of the other 31 member states are expected at the summit on July 7-8.
What do we know about Tuesday’s arrests?
The Ankara prosecutor’s office said that 241 arrest warrants had been issued and that 209 people had been detained.
Police operations seeking the suspects were ongoing.
Prosecutors said that 56 of those arrested were alleged members of the so-called Islamic Stategroup and 35 were members of the Revolutionary People’s Liberation Party/Front (DHKP-C), a communist group designated a terrorist organization by Turkey that has claimed responsibility for past attacks.
Turkish media also reported on a separate operation targeting the DHKP-C, coordinated by prosecutors in Istanbul, that led to 24 arrests across eight provinces.
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