Turkish police take 19 people into custody in Ankara

19 people were taken into custody in house raids carried out by Turkish police in Ankara on Tuesday morning.

As part of an investigation carried out by the Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, many houses were raided by the police on Tuesday morning.

A number of people were taken into custody by police. Among them were: Nujin Altunkılıç, Ümit Bozan, Busenur Öztürk, Abdulkadir Barkın, Helin Kaya in the raids. Diyar Hatip Bilen, Lokman Sefkan Özgan and Muhammede Okay.

It was reported that the police beat some of the people during the arrest and that 19 people were taken into custody.