In the early morning hours, the Turkish police simultaneously stormed several flats in the district of Özalp and the surrounding area in Van province. Several people were taken into custody during the raids.

Among those detained are the co-chair of the HDP Özalp district association, Sakine Kutpınar, Kenen Özmaya from the HDP district executive committee, HDP youth council members Derviş Hazır, Şakir Tosun, Zana İşler and former HDP district executive committee members Cevdet Güçlü, Aslan Ayaz, Şemsettin Akyol, Kudret Akyol, Ayhan Kılınç, Ali Bağcı, Übeyt Öranlı and Bori Şanlı. Nothing is known about the reason for the arrests so far.

The detainees are being held at the provincial police department. The number of arrests may increase further.