More than 100 detained as leftist groups hold anti-NATO protests in Turkey
Police detained more than 100 TKP members as Turkey tightened security and banned public gatherings ahead of the NATO summit, officials said.
- Turkish authorities detained more than 100 people during an anti-NATO protest march in Ankara on Sunday, as the government intensifies security ahead of the alliance summit on Tuesday and Wednesday.
- President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's government escalated security operations nationwide, arresting 39 suspects in raids targeting leftist organizations and detaining 28 others in Kocaeli with alleged ties to militant groups, according to state news agency Anadolu.
- The Turkish Journalists' Association denounced the arrests as 'unacceptable for journalists to be placed under pressure,' while Reporters Without Borders condemned the 'blind, arbitrary, and haphazard operations' endangering journalist safety.
- Tuncer Bakirhan, co-chair of the Kurdish DEM Party, criticized the measures on X, stating 'The country has been fully turned into a detention centre by using the NATO summit as an excuse.'
- Turkey will host leaders from 32 allied countries in Ankara for the NATO summit, while authorities maintain a strict ban on public gatherings despite Sunday's demonstrations in the capital.
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Over 100 Detained in Turkey as Leftist Groups Stage Anti-NATO Protests
Over 100 people were detained in Ankara as Turkey’s Communist Party and leftist groups staged anti-NATO protests ahead of a key summit. With a sweeping ban on public assemblies, heavy police presence, and opposition parties decrying an “undeclared martial law,” the crackdown has intensified concerns over civil liberties and political dissent.
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In protest marches of the TKP against the NATO summit, clashes with the police occurred in Ankara on Sunday. More than 100 demonstrators are said to have been arrested.
The traffic in Ankara flows smoothly first thing in the morning. Turkish taxi drivers welcome visitors with an ear-to-ear smile, NATO logos visible in the glove compartment and welcome the capital of the country, shielded in the highest security measures for the delegations of the 32 allied countries. Turkish police have arrested hundreds of people, the last, a hundred arrested this Sunday during a demonstration by the Turkish Communist Party (T…
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