(ANSA) - ISTANBUL, APRIL 26 - New police operations this morning in Turkey against suspects infiltrating the armed forces on behalf of the alleged coup network of FethullahGulen, almost 5 years after the failed coup.
The Istanbul and Smyrna prosecutors have issued 532 warrants for the arrest of soldiers, 459 of whom are still in service.
Police teams are mobilized to arrest them in 62 Turkish provinces and in northern Cyprus.
Meanwhile, the maxi-trial for "terrorism" against 108 politicians who risk life imprisonment for the October 2014 demonstrations in south-eastern Turkey in support of Kobane, the Kurdish city in the north, opens in the court of the Sincan prison in Ankara. -East of Syria symbol of the fight against Isis, at the time under siege. The protests were triggered by the impossibility of sending aid to the jihadist group due to the closure of the border by the Turkish authorities. In the clashes with the security forces, more than 30 victims were killed, mostly demonstrators. There are many HDP executives at the barracks, including former co-leaders Selahattin Demirtas and Figen Yuksekdag, who have been detained for over 4 years.Last October, another 17 party members were arrested for their alleged role in violent demonstrations. The process will be monitored by various representatives of civil society and non-governmental organizations, as well as by members of the opposition and by an international delegation of deputies, lawyers and activists. In the purges following the failed 2016 coup in Turkey, the HDP suffered the arrest of hundreds of members and the ousting of dozens of mayors and parliamentarians. The public prosecutor of the Ankara Supreme Court is also preparing a dossier to ask for it to be banned. (HANDLE).opposition and an international delegation of deputies, lawyers and activists. In the purges following the failed 2016 coup in Turkey, the HDP suffered the arrest of hundreds of members and the ousting of dozens of mayors and parliamentarians. The public prosecutor of the Ankara Supreme Court is also preparing a dossier to ask for it to be banned. (HANDLE).opposition and an international delegation of deputies, lawyers and activists. In the purges following the failed 2016 coup in Turkey, the HDP suffered the arrest of hundreds of members and the ousting of dozens of mayors and parliamentarians. The public prosecutor of the Ankara Supreme Court is also preparing a dossier to ask for it to be banned. (HANDLE).