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Advocate Efkan Bolaç has been ordered to stand trial for “assaulting a police officer”, facing prison sentence up to 3 years. However, advocate Bolaç was under police detention at Istanbul Police Headquarters on the alleged date and time of assault charges.

Turkish police have carried out an operation across 28 cities yesterday morning, detaining 167 individuals suspected for being a DHKP-C organization member.

The court resumed the interrogation of 64 individuals - who were detained on Friday in the lawyer round up case - until the early hours of this morning, ordering the arrest of 34 suspects for being a DHKP-C member.

An Istanbul court order this afternoon the arrest of 9 human rights lawyers who have been detained since Friday for charges related to being a DHKP-C member.

11 out of 68 individuals detained in the lawyer round up case on Friday morning have been released yesterday, while a human rights lawyer association chair has been detained the same morning.