Turkish police detained 311 people over social media posts related to
Turkey’s military operation in a Kurdish-held enclave in northern
Syria, the state-run Anadolu news agency reported on Monday.
The report cited the Interior Minister, Suleyman Soyl, saying those detained were accused of spreading terrorist propaganda.
Turkey’s operation was launched last Saturday against the Kurdish YPG
militia.Ankara considers the group a terrorist organisation.
There have been reports of detentions since the onset of the military
operation, including journalists critical of the government’s military
moves, though some have since been released.
Also detained were members of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP).
The HDP, meanwhile, said on Monday its offices in the Pendik district
of Istanbul were attacked and set on fire by unknown people. (NAN)
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