The Ministry of Justice issues daily announcements of operations ranging from drugs to religious sects, and from unsolved murders to loan sharks. Whilst everyone is declared guilty on this stage that has been set up, only the AKP government, which has been ruling the country for a quarter of a century, is blameless.
Criticism that arrests, defined in the law as a ‘precautionary measure’, have been turned into a means of punishment has been proven valid. The number of detainees, which stood at 38,000 in 2023, reached 70,693 as of 1 September 2026.
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