Turkish police detain 235 people after deadly bombing attack
ISTANBUL — Turkey’s police rounded up more than 200 people, mostly Kurds, as the country on Monday mourned the dozens killed in a bombing attack near an Istanbul soccer stadium.
The interior ministry issued a statement saying 235 people were detained in 11 cities for their alleged connections to a terrorist organization.
The detainees were affiliated with the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, and a Kurdish umbrella organization, and included individuals deemed guilty of spreading terrorist propaganda on social media, the statement said.