Turkey detains yet another 11 people for criticizing Afrin operation

573 detained in Turkey for opposing Afrin operation: ministry

A total of 573 people in total have been detained for their critical stance against Turkey’s Afrin operations so far, according to official data.

The Interior Ministry said in a statement on Feb 5 that 449 people were detained for “terror propaganda in their social media postings on Afrin operation” while the remaining 124 were caught up for attending demonstrations in protest of the offensive, since the beginning of the operation.

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Turkey detains yet another 11 people for criticizing Afrin operation

At least 11 people were detained for opposing the Turkish military’s offensive in Syria’s Afrin via their social media accounts.

Media reported on Thursday that Ankara public prosecutor’s office issued detention warrants for 18 people.

While 11 of them were rounded up, police were seeking the remaining 7. Among the detainees is Dilsat Aktas, the co-chair of the Halkevleri activist group.

On Jan 22, Turkish troops entered Afrin area, which is controlled by the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party’s (PKK) extension PYD. While most political parties in Turkey welcomed the offensive, police have detained, among others, many journalists for criticizing the operation since then.

According to official data, at least 786 people in total were detained for their critical stance against the operation between Jan 22 and Feb 19.

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En Turquie, les pacifistes emprisonnés

Les voix dissidentes sont à nouveau réduites au silence en Turquie. Cette fois, il s’agit de L’offensive militaire à Afrin. Lancée par le président Recep Tayip Erdogan le 20 janvier dernier, l’opération vise une milice kurde de l’enclave syrienne d’Afrin, située tout près de la frontière turque. Activistes, journalistes, médecins, artistes ou simples citoyens, des centaines de personnes ont déjà été arrêtées pour avoir dénoncé cette intervention militaire. Le pouvoir leur reproche de soutenir le terrorisme et de ternir l’Union nationale. A Istanbul, le reportage d’Anne Andlauer.

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Father of Turkish soldier killed in Afrin turns out to be purge victim

The father of Turkish soldier Abdullah Taha Koç, who was killed during an ongoing military operation in the Afrin region of Syria, has turned out to have been removed from his post at the Konya Metropolitan Municipality by a government decree, known as a KHK, the Sözcü daily reported.

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845 people in Turkey detained for criticizing military campaign in Syria

The Turkish Interior Ministry on 26 February announced that a total of 845 individuals have so far been detained by police for expressing online criticism for Turkey’s military operation in the north of Syria.

This marks a further increase from the figure of 786, which the ministry announced the previous week.The ministry didn’t specify how many of those detentions had turned into formal arrests and imprisonment.

The statement said: “Since 20 January 1918 when Operation Olive Branch started to date, there have been 85 actions/protests against the operation; 648 instances of social media propaganda have been made and 120 provocateurs have been detected during demonstrations, and a total of 845 suspects have been taken into custody for events/demonstrations or propaganda efforts.”

The statement also said that it was taking action regarding 423 social media accounts that were either praising terror organizations, spreading propaganda on behalf of the terrorist organization, inciting the public to hatred and hostility, threatening the integrity of the state and public safety or insulting state officials. It also said legal action had been taken against 251 people in charge of such accounts. It wasn’t clear whether these 251 were among the 845 taken into custody as part of the general crackdown on criticism of Turkey’s military campaign in Syria.

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