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| Turkish army tanks seen near the Turkish-Syrian border in Hatay |
A Turkish prosecutor ordered the detention of 11 executive members of the Turkish Medical Association (TTB) on Tuesday as part of an investigation after the association opposed Turkeyโs military operation in northern Syria.
The prosecutor said police in the capital, Ankara, had started legal proceedings on Tuesday morning and search-and-detention operations were going on in eight provinces.
The head of the TTB, Rasit Tukel, and other members of the board had been detained, opposition CHP lawmaker Ali Seker said on Twitter.
The Turkish Medical Association denounced the cross-border operation into Syriaโs Afrin last week, saying โNo to war, peace immediatelyโ.
President Tayyip Erdogan accused the union of treason on Sunday and more than 300 people have since been detained for social media posts criticising the offensive in Syria.
โBelieve me, they are not intellectuals at all, they are a gang of slaves. They are the servants of imperialism,โ he told AK Party members in the northern province of Amasya.
โThis โNo to warโ cry by this mob โฆ is nothing other than the outburst of the betrayal in their souls โฆ This is real filth, this is the honourless stance that should be said โnoโ to,โ Erdogan said.
