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's military operation inside Syria, state media said on Monday.
The suspects are being held in a nationwide crackdown on those posting social media messages deemed to be supportive of terror groups, the state-run Anadolu news agency said, quoting the interior ministry.
The arrests come after President Sultan Recep Tayyip Erdogan the First
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Those detained are accused of making propaganda for the Syrian Kurdish Peoples' Protection Units (YPG) militia deemed a terror group by Ankara and the target of Turkey's operation.
The Dogan news agency said investigations had been opened against a total of 57 people. Reports said that arrests took place in Istanbul and the Kurdish-majority city of Diyarbakir.
Turkey views the YPG militia as "terrorists" linked to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), which has fought against the
It is seeking to root out the YPG from its western enclave of Afrin in Syria close to the
Prosecutors in the eastern Van province launched an investigation into four politicians from the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) who on social media urged people to take to the streets, TRT added.
Authorities are also probing social media posts of another HDP politician Alican Onlu, according to the broadcaster.
The rallies had been called by the HDP, whose members are facing a series of legal challenges for alleged ties with the PKK.