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Turkey arrests 100+ Communists, detains journalists during NATO summit

7/6/2026

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Over 100 Communist Party members were arrested during an anti-NATO march in Ankara on Sunday.
Police detained journalists while authorities banned gatherings and erected barricades in Ankara for summit.
Opposition leaders Tuncer Bakirhan and Kemal Kilicdaroglu called the arrests unacceptable.
Reporters Without Borders and the Turkish Journalists’ Association condemned the raids as a threat to press freedom at summit with U.S. President Donald Trump and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz.

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Over 100 Communist Party members were arrested during an anti-NATO march in Ankara on Sunday.
Police detained journalists while authorities banned gatherings and erected barricades in Ankara for summit.
Opposition leaders Tuncer Bakirhan and Kemal Kilicdaroglu called the arrests unacceptable.
Reporters Without Borders and the Turkish Journalists’ Association condemned the raids as a threat to press freedom at summit with U.S. President Donald Trump and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz.