Turkish police detain dozens over explosives cache
Among those taken into custody were lawyers, former military personnel and persons with links to far right wing nationalist groups.
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ISTANBUL - Turkish police have detained more than 30 people Tuesday in connection with the discovery of a cache of explosives in the Istanbul suburb of Umraniye.
Among those detained during the series of carried out by police in Istanbul and Izmir was Fuat Turgut, the lawyer for Yasin Hayal, who is currently on trial for masterminding the murder of prominent Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink on January 19 2007.
Others to be taken into custody include retired Turkish army officer Veli Kucuk and controversial right wing lawyer Kemal Kerincsiz, who has launched a number of court cases against well known authors and intellectuals, including Dink and Nobel Prize winning writer Orhan Pamuk, for insulting Turkish identity.
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