Police forces have conducted a house-raid operation against 7 members of the Organisation Committee of the Newroz event in the main Kurdish city Amed.

Organisation Committee President an DBP Amed branch co-chair Hafize İpek, DTK Executive Board Member Seydi Fırat, Hüsnü Pervane, Avukat Mahmut Çifçi, Abdulgani Alakan, Ramazan Kaval and Ayşe Çelikbilek were detained in their houses and taken to provincial police headquarters.

Earlier this week, Diyarbakır Public Prosecutor’s Office has launched 4 separate investigations on the Newroz celebrations in Amed held on March 21, the day marking the beginning of the Kurdish New Year. “Terrorist propaganda” was cited as the accusation.

Anti-terrorism investigations concern people carrying PKK flags and people in the footage from Sur that was broadcast on the cinevision set up in the stage during the celebrations.