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    Turkey Detains Chair Of Amnesty International Turkey

    Taner Kiliç's detention is part of a crackdown following last July's failed coup attempt. Thousands have been arrested since then. Amnesty says 22 other lawyers were detained in the city of Izmir.
    by Merrit Kennedy Jun 07, 2017 1 minute
    Detained Turkish soldiers who allegedly took part in a military coup arrive with their hands bound behind their backs at the Istanbul Justice Palace (Adalet Sarayi) on July 20, 2016, following the failed military coup attempt of July 15. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on July 20 chaired a crunch security meeting for the first time since the failed coup, as global alarm grew over a widening purge that has seen around 50,000 people either detained or sacked. / AFP / OZAN KOSE / Getty Images

    Amnesty International says that shortly after sunrise on Tuesday, security forces turned up at the home of its Turkey country chairman, brought him to his office, then took him into custody.

    The detention of

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