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ISTANBUL: Two weeks before hosting a Nato summit that will be attended by leaders including US President Donald Trump, Turkiye arrested more than 200 people with alleged ties to jihadist and far-left groups.
Rights groups and local media said the detainees included a journalist, three lawyers, an academic and a union official. The top-level summit takes place in the capital Ankara on July 7-8.
Early on Tuesday, the Ankara prosecutor’s office said it had issued warrants for 241 people, with anti-terror police arresting 209 people in early morning raids in the city.
Of those arrested so far, 185 are suspected of belonging to several far-left organisations, including the Revolutionary People’s Liberation Party-Front (DHKP-C), which has staged attacks in the past and has been branded a terror group by Ankara.
