Political genocide operations in 6 cities

Turkish police carried out political genocide operations across North Kurdistan and in İzmir.

Unable to break the resistance of Kurdish people, the AKP government continues to carry out political genocide operations.

ADANA 
Turkish police carried out house raids and detained many civilians including children in Adana this morning. The civilians were detained in the Küçükdilli and Denizli neighborhoods of Seyhan district and were taken to the Provincial Police Headquarters. Two of the detainees were Mehmet Emin Vural and the 16 years old B.E.

VAN
Special operations police officers carried out simultaneous house raids in the Bostaniçi neighborhood of Van’s İpekyolu district this morning, detained many civilians, and took the detainees to the Provincial Police Headquarters.

İpekyolu Municipality reporter Bedran Babat and his family were tortured during their detainment, and 21 years old Zeki Duman was detained in Xaçort neighborhood.

BİTLİS
DTK Bitlis Delegate Nevin İşlek and Halis Demir were detained during house raids in Bitlis and taken to Bitlis Police Headquarters. Police searched the houses of DBP Provincial Co-President Enver Barin, Deputy Co-Mayor Orhan Arıkbaşlı and Ahlat HDP District Co-President Sidar Kandemir.

Provincial Assembly Member Necmettin Arıkbaşlı, Elcewaz District Co-President Erkan Koçaklı and HDP Elcewaz district administrators Maşallah Keserci and Abdulkadir Toro are being detained in the Ahlat District Gendarme Command.

MARDİN
Police raided two houses in the Tepebağ neighborhood of Derik district this morning and detained HDP Deril District Co-President İzhan Avlar and municipal worker Gülseren Yüzal. The reasons of Avlar and Yüzal’s detainment remain unknown, and the detainees have been taken to Derik District Police Headquarters.

AMED
Several civilians including Necat Yüzkan (33), İbrahim Fidan (20), Farqîn municipal worker İzzet Evruk (38), Yılmaz Yüzkan (23), Suat Güzel (20), Kadir Cesur (29), Mehmet Mehdi Yıldırım (20), Veysel Aksu (34) and Mehmet Kızmaz (24) were detained during house raids in Silvan district this morning, and the names of other detainees have not yet been clarified.

İZMİR 
Police officers carried out simultaneous house raids across İzmir and detained 11 civilians including KURDÎ-DER and TAYD-DER administrators this morning. KURDÎ-DER İzmir Co-President Ali Yalçınkaya, TAYD-DER administrator Sait Yıldırım, A. Barin Baran, Özgür Dilek, Rüzgar Gökçen and 6 other people were taken to İzmir Provincial Police Headquarters.