At least 42 people were detained by in midnight raids across İstanbul for “providing moral and financial support” to the families of Gulenist purge-victims.
According to the Turkish media, among the detainees are teachers, former police officers and several health workers.
ppolice accuses the detainees of attempting to re-establish the Gulen group, which is accused by the Turkish government of masterminding a coup attempt in 2016.
The group denies any involvement. More than 500,000 people have been investigated over ties to the group in Turkey so far.
42 kişiyi gözaltına almışlar. Suçları zulümden saklanmak ve tutuklu masumların ailelerine erzak yardımı. Bırakın 42 kişiyi, 42 milyon kişiyi bile gözaltına alsanız, o masumları açlıktan öldürmenize izin vermeyeceğiz. Gittiğimiz her yerde iki ailelik + pic.twitter.com/Ge9jxawd8s
— Ahmet Doğan (@Penzade) July 23, 2022
