Turkey Says Raids on Leftists Foil Attacks as 55 Charged
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Turkish courts charged 55 suspects as part of a nationwide police crackdown on a leftist group, saying the raids foiled plans to attack government and security officials as well as diplomatic missions, state-run TRT television and Anatolia news agency said today.
Left-wing lawyers, university students, artists and at least one journalist were among the suspects charged with ties to the Revolutionary Peoples’ Liberation Party-Front, or DHKP-C, Anatolia said. Police said the group planned to assassinate high-ranking government, military and police officials while also plotting to attack foreign missions, the agency reported.