Turkish police carried out raids concentrating on a far-left armed group as we speak.
Police detained 25 people for alleged ties to the Revolutionary Individuals’s Liberation Celebration-Entrance (DHKP-C) in Istanbul, Ankara and different components of the nation. One other 18 persons are wished by the authorities, the official Anadolu Agency reported.
The DHKP-C is a Marxist-Leninist armed group lively in Turkey. It’s maybe most identified for bombing the US embassy in Ankara in 2013, killing a Turkish safety guard. Some Turkish residents have been accused of supporting the group based mostly on questionable proof. In 2020, Turkish authorities arrested several lawyers for supposed ties to the DHKP-C, however different lawyer teams stated the court docket proceedings lacked credibility.
Turkey, america and the European Union contemplate the DHKP-C to be a terrorist group. Turkey has additionally accused them of working with the Kurdistan Employees’ Celebration, aka PKK.
