Turkish police detain 13 academics, activists as part of probe into association linked to a jailed businessman
Turkish police on Friday detained 13 academics, businesspeople and journalists as part of an investigation into an association that was headed by a jailed businessman and activist, Turkey’s state-run news agency reported.
Anadolu Agency said professors Betul Tanbay and Turgut Tarhanli of Istanbul’s Bosphorus and Bilgi universities and journalist Cigdem Mater were among those detained in simultaneous police operations in Istanbul and in three provinces.
They are being questioned over their links to the Anatolia Culture Association founded by Osman Kavala, a philanthropist businessman who was arrested a year ago, accused of attempts to “abolish” the constitutional order and the government. No indictment has been issued against him.
Anadolu said police are searching for seven other people linked to the association, which says it aims to promote peace and minority rights through culture.
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