Thirty four people have been taken into custody this morning following simultaneous raids carried out by police at several addresses.

The places raided are believed to be the Rights and Freedoms Association (Haklar ve Özgürlükler Derneði) in Okmeydaný. Among the detained people are three member of historic music band Grup Yorum.

Grup Yorum is one the music group which has accompanied the struggle of left people in Turkey.