As part of the home raids conducted ahead of the NATO Summit to be held in Ankara on July 7–8, 58 more people were arrested this morning and sent to prison.
Investigations continued ahead of the NATO Summit, scheduled for July 7–8 in Ankara. Of the 225 people taken into custody during home raids conducted in Ankara on the morning of June 23 under the name “Operation Turkuaz” ahead of the NATO Summit, a total of 178 had been arrested. This morning, arrest warrants were issued for 58 people taken into custody as part of the same operation.
In the operations, which involved 46 teams and 396 personnel, 58 people—reported to be wanted on charges of “terrorism, narcotics, security, and public order”—were taken into custody. After undergoing procedures at the police station, the 58 individuals were transferred to the courthouse, where they were detained by the court and sent to prison. This brings the total number of detainees to 236.
On Thursday, 34 people were released under house arrest, while 6 were released by order of the prosecutor’s office. Among those detained that day were volunteers from the TEMA Foundation; Yıldız Tar, Editor-in-Chief of Kaos GL; Assoc. Prof. Dr. Emel Memiş, a faculty member at Ankara University; Hediye Yıldırım, a member of the Executive Board of Halkevleri; Burcu Arıkan, spokesperson for Umut-SEN; and attorneys Semra Demir and Kürşat Bafra from the Contemporary Journalists’ Association (ÇHD).
The Ankara Governor’s Office had banned all types of activities—including meetings, demonstrations, marches, press conferences, sit-ins, and rallies—in the city for 13 days, from 12:00 a.m. on June 28 to 11:59 p.m. on July 10, due to the NATO Summit scheduled for June 7–8.
