ISTANBUL - At least 15 people were detained in house raids carried out on the occasion of May Day in Istanbul.

 

Many houses were raided in Istanbul in the morning. At least 15 people were detained during home raids. Among those detained are members of the Workers' Party of Turkey (TİP), Revolutionary Youth, Federation of Socialist Assemblies, Social Freedom Party (TÖP), Labor Movement Party (EHP), Socialist Workers' Party (SEP) and Socialist Assemblies Initiative (SMI). It was learned that Gazete Patika reporter Ali Kadir Güler was also among those detained.

 

Those detained were taken to the Istanbul Police Department in Fatih. It was stated that the reason for the detentions was those who resisted the police barricade while going from Saraçhane to Taksim on May Day. It was stated that the number of detentions may increase.