At least 25 people detained in four cities in North Kurdistan

Turkish police detained at least 25 people during house raids in Erzurum, Mardin, Urfa and Adıyaman provinces in North Kurdistan.

13 detained in Mardin

In the morning, simultaneous house raids were organised in Artuklu, Mazıdağı, Kızıltepe, Derik and Nusaybin districts of Mardin.

In Artuklu, Turkish police detained a person named Baver Akpınar and handed him over to the gendarmerie.

In the raids in Nusaybin, Çiya Tanhan and 4 other people were detained, while at least 8 people were detained in Kızıltepe, Mazıdağı and Dêrik districts.

4 detained in Erzurum

House raids were conducted in Karayazı, Karaçoban and Çat districts of Erzurum in the morning.

Aydın Sefil, İsmail Işık, Cüneyt Büyükkaya and Serhat Kaçar were detained on the grounds of their online media posts. The detainees were charged with ‘making propaganda for an illegal organisation’.

4 detained in Urfa

In Ceylanpınar district of Urfa, police raided several houses in the morning. During the raids, Hüseyin Kılıvan, Süleyman Kahraman, Abdullah Rabinduz and Muhammed Bekiroğlu were detained on the allegations of ‘making propaganda for an illegal organisation’.

4 detained in Adıyaman

4 people were detained in Kahta and Gölbaşı districts of Adıyaman on the allegation of ‘making propaganda of an illegal organisation’.

Muhammed Yusuf Avseren, Mehmet Öktülmüş and Furkan Orhan who were detained in Kahta and Kurdistan Communist Party MYK (Central Executive Board) member and Spokesperson Yasin Yetişgen, who was detained in Gölbaşı, were taken to Adıyaman Provincial Security Directorate.