Wave of repression hits anarchists in Turkey following May Day demonstrations. 

Yesterday night (May 13) Turkish state organized a night raid to various houses and anarchist social centres in a night raid in Istanbul. 60 people were arrested. It is yet uncertain if some of those people are anarchist or just related/friends of some anarchists. 

The apparent "reason" shown for the raids are the actions of the insurrectionary/primitivist anarchists' stone throwing on the 1st of May actions. However, the groups that are targeted are not insurrectionary anarchists. One of them is social anarchist/anarcho-communist group called "land and freedom" (toprak ve ozgurluk) the other is Revolutionary Anarchist Activity (Devrimci Anarsist Faaliyet).

Till now nothing has been heard from the imprisoned anarchists. They are not even let to talk with their lawyers. Turkish state recently developed the tactic of mass raids towards every kind of currents in the left. Till now thousands of legal Kurdish Party (BDP) members and hundreds of leftists have been imprisoned for years without even trial and a clear criminal allegation. This is the first massive operation against the anarchists. 

Some pictures of the raided anarchist cafe of the RAA:

http://anarsistfaaliyet.org/sokak/devrimci-anarsist-faaliyete-polis-baskini/

Libcom.org: http://libcom.org/news/turkish-police-forces-caught-60-anarchists-night-raids-14052012

Istanbul: May day : http://vimeo.com/41606943