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Abdulgadir Masharipov who killed 39 people in a gun attack during the new year celebrations in Reina nightclub in Ortaköy of İstanbul was arrested on Saturday.

Vice Prime Minister Kurtulmuş has announced that the State of Emergency would continue, drafts of new statutory would soon be completed and that investigations were launched into 347 social media accounts.

Following the gun attack in Reina nightclub in Ortaköy during the new year celebrations, Union of Turkish Bar Associations has filed a criminal complaint against social media messages which praised the attack.

AP and Reuters news agencies have reported that ISIS had claimed responsibility for the gun attack on new year celebrations in Reina nightclub in Ortaköy district in İstanbul.

Speaking on secularism following Ortaköy attack, Community house member Başar has been detained after his tweet that he was denounced by the Ministry of Interior. CHP’s Tanrıkulu brought the matter to parliamentary agenda.

Issuing a statement following Ortaköy attack, President Erdoğan has said “We are determined to destroy the source of the threats and attacks against our country”.

39 people have lost their lives, 69 others injured in armed assault on the entertainment venue, Reina, in İstanbul’s district of Ortaköy. The assailant is being searched for.