In line with an detention order within the scope of an investigation against the PKK by Diyarbakır Public Prosecutor's Office, anti-terror units police detained Amed Metropolitan Municipality co-mayor Gültan Kışanak at Diyarbakır Airport and co-mayor Fırat Anlı in his house.

Gültan Kışanak had just returned from Ankara when she got detained at the airport. In Ankara, she was listened to at the Parliamentary Commission of Investigation on July 15 coup attempt and the influence of coups and secret formations on politics.

Fırat Anlı, on the other hand, was taken into custody during a raid on his house.

Houses of both co-mayors are being searched by police teams at the moment.

Simultaneously with the detention of co-mayors, police forces raided the building of Amed Metropolitan Municipality which was surrounded by a large number of riot and special operations police to the accompaniment of armored vehicles and water cannons.

The municipality employees and press members were not allowed to approach the building amid a tension with police forces.

Special operations policemen with long-barreled weapons have been stationed in every storey and at the roof of the municipality building.

DBP co-chair Sebahat Tuncel, HDP Amed MP Feleknas Uca, Diyarbakır Bar Association Chair Ahmet Özmen and a number of people came to the municipality building after the operation.