Turkish actress Afra Saracoglu was detained at an airport on Monday after returning from a trip abroad, as part of a drug investigation involving a number of well-known figures in Türkiye, Türkiye Today reports.
Saracoglu is among 24 people for whom detention orders were issued under instructions from the Bakirkoy Chief Public Prosecutor's Office. The operation was carried out by the Provincial Gendarmerie Command as part of investigations involving celebrities.
Authorities detained 21 people across two separate investigations, including actors Aras Bulut Iynemli, Melis Sezen and Nilperi Sahinkaya, rapper Seyfullah Sagir, known professionally as Sefo, and former footballer Hasan Sas.
Saracoglu was abroad on a previously planned business trip when reports about the investigation emerged, according to a statement she shared on social media.
She said she had learned while overseas that her name had appeared in reports alongside those of several colleagues and that she intended to return to Türkiye as soon as possible to give a statement to judicial authorities.
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