Nazlı N. Mert, who gave birth to a baby at Lokman Hekim Hospital in Ankara’s Etlik neighborhood on June 3, was detained by police and taken to a police station with her newborn baby later the same day as part of an investigation into Turkey’s Gülen group.

She was later released by a Turkish court on judicial probation due to growing public outrage over the incident.

Nazlı reportedly gave birth to a baby in a caesarean procedure,

Her husband had previously been arrested and imprisoned over his alleged ties to the group, which is accused by the Turkish gov’t of masterminding a coup attempt. The group denies any involvement.

Esra Demir, a 31-year-old teacher who gave birth to a baby at a Batman hospital early on June 4, was detained by police and taken to a Batman Police Station with her newborn baby on June 5 over coup charges.

Republican People’s Party (CHP) İstanbul deputy Sezgin Tanrıkulu said in a tweet that Demir was taken to the police station only a day after she gave birth.

“Teacher Esra Demir gave a birth yesterday and she was detained today at Batman police headquarters. It this news true? If yes, are these humans?” asked Tanrıkulu in a Twitter message mentioning Justice Minister Bekir Bozdağ.

Elif Aslaner, a religious culture and moral knowledge teacher who gave birth to a baby on May 31 at a private hospital in Bursa, was detained on June 2 on coup charges.

According to a statement from her husband, police teams arrived at the hospital on May 31 to detain Aslaner; however, the woman’s doctor said she should be kept under supervision for at least 48 hours because of possible complications.

Aslaner’s husband said his wife had preeclampsia and suffered from convulsions when she gave birth to her first baby and remained in a coma for two days. He also said there was the risk of the same complications recurring.

Filiz Y., a 30-year-old woman who gave birth at Mersin City Hospital on February 7, was taken into custody by police on September 8 over alleged coup involvement.

Late on February 7, a group of police officers arrived at the hospital and demanded Filiz’s discharge as soon as she delivered her baby, said a tweet by Turkish journalist Hayri Zengin. Upon the doctors’ rejection, police waited outside for almost 10 hours and then detained Filiz along with her newly-born baby early on September 8.

A video footage posted on Social media shows the moment plainclothes policemen detain Filiz and take her to the police station for interrogation.

Fadime Günay, a 32-year-old housewife who gave birth to a baby at Alanya Başkent Hospital on Jan. 29, was detained with her newborn baby on Jan. 30 on coup charges.

A group of police officers waited outside the hospital in order to detain Günay, whose husband was recently taken into custody over alleged links to the Gülen group, said a tweet by former Turkish parliamentarian Feyzi İşbaşaran.

After her interrogation, she was sent to a court with her baby, who was taken by relatives when Günay entered the courtroom. The court ordered Günay to spend one more day in the hospital.

Ş.A., a former private school teacher and mother of a week-old premature infant, was taken into police custody over coup charges while she was on her way to the hospital to feed the baby.

A day after Ş.A. was taken into police custody, another mother known as Meryem gave birth to twins by C-section in a hospital in Konya and was detained by police despite hospital reports that she should not travel and was taken to Aksaray from Konya in a police car.

Whereabouts of Ş.A. and Meryem are still unknown.

Elif Coşkun, who just gave birth late on June 12 in Turkey’s western province of İzmir, was reportedly taken into custody at the hospital early on June 13, according to an opposition deputy.

Raising concerns about the situation of Coşkun from his Twitter account, main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) İstanbul deputy Sezgin Tanrıkulu asked Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım: “Is it true that Elif Coşkun, who gave birth last night in İzmir, will be detained? Is this a humane and ethical attitude?”

Hatice Avan gave birth to a baby in the western Turkish province of Denizli on June 22 and detained by police on June 23 over alleged links to Turkey’s Gülen group.

Avan, who used to work at a student dormitory affiliated with the group until three years ago, was taken to the prosecutor’s office although her doctor warned that she had just had surgery and was suffering from poor health.

Police officers wanted to handcuff Avan in her hospital room, but upon a request from her family they instead locked her in the room with her baby before detaining her.

A group of police officers briefly detained Yasemin Özkul hours after she gave birth to her third child on July 14.

Police left the Hizmet Hospital outside located in İstanbul’s Bahcelievler district only after the main opposition Republican Peoples’ Party deputy Sezgin Tanrıkulu reacted to the incident on Twitter.

Detained as part of an investigation into the Gulen movement, which the government accuses of masterminding the July 15, 2016 coup attempt, Özkul was released on judicial control. Özkul gave birth to a her third child at the C-section.

Teacher Fatma Özturk was detained hours after she gave birth to her baby at Ege Umut Hospital in Manisa’s Turgutlu district on July 9. Police reportedly handcuffed her to a bed she is resting on.

Police detained Ozturk over her alleged links to the Gulen group, which the government accuses of masterminding the July 15, 2016 coup attempt. The group denies the accusation.

Nuriye Yalcin, a Kocaeli woman who is expected to deliver twin babies in 4.5 months was detained during a regular medical control at Izmit Medical Park Hospital on July 4.

Accused of having links to the Gülen group, Yalcin was held under police custody for 5 hours in Kocali’s Izmit district before she was taken to another police station in the neighboring province of Sakarya. Her whereabouts are still unknown.

Ayşe Kaya, 30-year-old woman who gave birth to a baby at Eslife Private Hospital in İstanbul’s Esenyurt district early on July 25, was detained later the same day. According to tweets posted by CHP deputy Sezgin Tanrıkulu, she was transferred to a police station in Edirne, a province some 240 kilometers away from home. “Why would not you interrogate a woman who gave birth yesterday through SEGBIS system? What is with this hostility towards your own citizen?” the depurty tweeted.

Turkish police detained Elif Açıkgöz hours after she gave birth by cesarean section at Adana Avrupa Hospital on August 21.

After the police officers were told by doctors that Açıkgöz could not be discharged from the hospital, they started  a vigil in front of her room and eventually took her to police statin for interrogation.

She is accused of having links to the Gülen group, which is accused by the Turkish government of mounting a botched coup attempt last summer.

Feyza Yazıcı was taken into custody one day after she gave birth to a premature baby at Ankara Memorial Hospital on Aug. 18.

A group of police officers reportedly raided Yazıcı’s room at the hospital to detain her despite the fact that she just gave birth to a premature baby in her 33th week.

She was eventually detained and taken in for a further investigation. She was later released pending trial.

Sezgin Tanrıkulu, a deputy from the main opposition Republican People’s Party tweeted that M.A. was detained hours after she gave birth at at Balıkesir Sevgi Hospital on Oct 14.

Tanrıkulu posted several photos of M.A. and the new-born baby, and said: “M.A gave birth at Balıkesir Sevgi Hospital this morning. [Police] awaits just outside to detain her. Stop this practice.”