More people have been taken into custody in countrywide police operations as AKP government continues its political attacks against Kurdish people and democratic circles across Turkey and North Kurdistan.

26 people have been detained in the ongoing house-raid operations in Amed, Siirt and Bursa.

AMED

Nine people were detained as police teams raided a number of houses in the very early morning hours in Çınar district of Amed. The detainees were taken to district police headquarters to give their statements.

SİİRT

Special operation police teams conducted raids in a number of houses in İnönü, Doğan, Barış, Kooperatif, Tınaztepe and Keşkol neighborhoods of Siirt early this morning.

DBP provincial executive Selman Erdemci, İHD member Mirza Ekin, Eğitim Sen member Mehmet Arger, a 15-year-old minor with mental disabilities and six other people were taken into custody in the operation.

While the ten were taken to district police office, the child with mental disabilities was released after giving his statement at the Juvenile Department.

BURSA

Seven people were detained in today's operation in Bursa where police raided houses in the districts of Osmangazi and Yıldırım upon an instruction from Bursa Public Prosecutor's Office. The detainees were taken to provincial police headquarters.

Eight people in Bursa had been remanded in custody three days ago on charges of membership to a "terrorist" organization, including Ömer Gül, reporter for Dicle News Agency (DIHA) and member of the HDP Bursa organization's Press Commission. A report prepared by Ömer Gül for Fırat News Agency (ANF) was taken as a criminal evidence.