From Contra Info:
Turkey: Police crackdown and mass detentions in İstanbul
In the early hours of July 16th, 2013 police raided 100 different places in İstanbul.
At around 5.30am, police stormed many houses simultaneously.
According to initial reports, 12 members of Öğrenci Kolektifleri
(Students’ Collective) and Liseli Genç Umut (Highschool Young Hope) were
detained. 26 persons in the district of Sancaktepe were detained,
including readers of magazines such as Özgür Gelecek (Free Future) and Devrimci Demokrasi
(Revolutionary Democracy), and members of AKA-DER (Anatolian Cultural
and Research Foundation) and HKP (People’s Liberation Party). It’s being
reported that managers’ and members’ houses of the TGB (Turkey Youth
Union) were also searched. Lawyers informed that the State took the
decision of house searches and arrest of 60 people for a 72-hour period
(including members of Halkevleri, Öğrenci Kolektifleri, Özgür Gelecek,
Devrimci Demokrasi, Aka-Der, HKP and TGB). 56 people are accused for
encouraging people to revolt and damaging public property. The case file
was classified as confidential, so people still in custody (30 so far)
are not allowed to speak with their lawyers for 24 hours. Cops also
decided to take saliva samples of detainees.
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