Nine journalists from Turkey’s pro-opposition paper Cumhuriyet are in custody for intense remand.
Nine politicians, such as the leaders of the nation’s pro-Kurdish HDP party, were jailed.
A further nine officials in the HDP, including regional heads in the southeastern state of Adana, were detained on Saturday.
The Cumhuriyet newspaper is among the few Turkish media outlets which stays critical of Mr Erdogan.
Its journalists are charged to US-based cleric Fethullah Gulen, who’s accused of plotting the July coup.
On the night of 15th of july 2016 rebel soldiers used military hardware including fighter jets and tanks in an unsuccessful effort to assume control.
Since the coup effort, a total of about 110,000 people have been fired or frozen and 37,000 detained .
Both HDP politicians and the Cumhuriyet journalists will be held in jail.
