The head of Türkiye's Ministry of Home Affairs Ali Erlikai reported in his account on social network X on the detention of 97 people participating in protests on Friday.
As Erlikova noted, Turkish police showed “patience and common sense”.
Police did not allow those who threaten the world and security of our beloved, provocative and destructive country. People who are trying to terrorize on the streets with their calls will never achieve their goals. In today's protests; Because of the violation of Law No. 2911, damage to public assets 97 suspects were detained, he wrote the head of the Turkish Ministry of Home Affairs.
In Türkiye, the mass protests began after detention of the mayor of Istanbul
Earlier, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in the context of the protests in the country, said the government would not close his eyes to call for terrorist on the street. He clarified that Türkiye was “not the country he found on the street”.
Erdogan believes that the government will not tolerate the “Turkish terrorist” efforts.
On March 19, the staff of the Turkish law enforcement agencies detained the mayor of Istanbul Ekrem Imamoglu for the suspicion of fraud and complexity of terrorism. After that, in the official home, the search was made.
Earlier in Kremlin talked about the situation with protests in Türkiye.