Authorities on Tuesday detained eight members of the Turkish Medical Association's (TTB) central council who had denounced Ankara's military operation against a Syrian Kurdish militia, state media reported.
Authorities issued 11 arrest warrants for council's members, eight of whom were detained, including the association's head Rasit Tukel, state-run news agency Anadolu said.
The head of the TTB, Rasit Tukel, and other members of the board had been detained, opposition CHP lawmaker Ali Seker said on Twitter.
The association's lawyer Ziynet Ozcelik said they faced accusations of "propaganda in support of a terrorist organisation, and provoking the public". Ozcelik said it was the first time in the association's history that all its executive members had been ordered detained.
Ankara prosecutors began a probe into the TTB council on Monday after it issued a statement last week saying "war is a man-made public health problem".
The TTB also said that conflicts lead to "irreparable problems".
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