Gunman Arrested At Turkey Ruling Party Office

A gunman who smashed a window and unveiled a flag at the offices of Turkey's ruling party the day after a siege in which a prosecutor died has been arrested.

Turkey's Dogan news agency had earlier reported that two people had been seen entering the office of the AK Party carrying weapons.

Police sealed off the road around the office in an industrial suburb of Istanbul but later said just one man had been detained.

It came the day after prosecutor Mehmet Selim Kiraz was taken hostage in revenge for a teenager's death during anti-government protests in 2014.

Two members of the banned Revolutionary People's Liberation Party-Front (DHKP-C) were killed when security forces went into the office where he was being held.

The prosecutor, who was responsible for the investigation into the death of 15-year-old Berkin Elvan, also died.

The arrest in Istanbul came on a day when a number of left wing activists from the DHKP-C were held in the southern Turkish city of Antalya.

Counter terrorism police carried out a series of early morning raids and took 22 suspected radicals into custody.

The Dogan news agency reported authorities had received a tip-off they were planning further attacks.

A lawyer for the suspects told Dogan that the claims were baseless and the group would release a statement later in the day.

The DHKP-C is considered a terrorist group by Turkey, the European Union and the United States and has carried out a string of attacks in Turkey in the past.

Meanwhile, ceremonies to remember Mr Kiraz started on Wednesday morning.

A memorial to the prosecutor took place at the Istanbul Caglayan Palace of Justice where he worked and the hostage drama unfolded.

Hundreds of lawyers, prosecutors and staff stood in respect on every floor of the giant building - said to be the largest courthouse in Europe - and unfurled a giant Turkish flag from the top floor.

His funeral was due to take place later at the Eyup Sultan Mosque in Istanbul with Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu due to attend, the official Anatolia news agency said.

No one has yet been arrested over the death of Berkin Elvan, who died in March last year after spending 269 days in a coma from injuries inflicted by police in anti-government protests in the summer of 2013.

Mr Kiraz's captors demanded he hand over the names of the suspects and force them to confess.