Detention in Turkey has reached peak in the last one month during which at least 261 people have been taken into custody and 87 among them have been remanded in custody. The recently increasing operations are being carried out as a follow-up of the KCK (Kurdistan Communities Union) operations. These operations are targeting Kurds despite the ongoing resolution process in search of a democratic and peaceful solution to the Kurdish question.

Detainees are accused of being members of an illegal organization, opposing the law on meetings and demonstrations, taking part in the KCK and YDG-H (Movement of Patriot and Revolutionary Youth) organizations.

According to the figures on recent detentions, as compiled by Serkan Kurt for DIHA news agency, an average of three people were detained and arrested a day during the month of November. Most of those detained are youths accused of being members of the YDG-H.
Speaking about the recently increasing operations, Peace and Democracy (BDP) vice co-chair Meral Danış Beştaş pointed out that these operations, detentions and arrests shouldn't be regarded as independently from the so-called KCK operations which -she said- are silently and deeply going on.

Beştaş pointed out that the operations were a method of political elimination and were also related with the approaching local elections. She noted that a large number of members, mayors and deputies of the BDP have been jailed for five years today.

The figures compiled by DIHA (Dicle News Agency) on November's detentions are as follows;

32 detained and 11 remanded in custody in Colemêrg (Hakkâri)
55 detained and 35 remanded in custody in Şirnex (Şırnak)
6 detained in Riha (Urfa)
14 detained and 9 remanded in custody in Sêrt (Siirt)
12 detained and 1 remanded in custody in Amed (Diyarbakır)
42 detained and 2 remanded in custody in Wan (Van)
9 detained and 3 remanded in custody in Mêrdîn (Mardin)
2 remanded in custody in Agirî (Ağrı)
31 detained and 2 remanded in custody in Adana
8 detained and 6 remanded in custody in Dersim
1 detained in Çewlîg (Bingöl)
3 detained in Êlîh (Batman)
4 detained in Istanbul
4 detained and 3 remanded in custody in Mersin
5 detained and 2 remanded in custody in Osmaniye
25 detained and 11 remanded in custody in Sêwaz (Sivas)
3 detained in Bolu
1 detained in İzmir
5 detained in Antalya
2 detained in Ankara

The figures of November also reveal a remarkable increase when compared with the detentions in October during which 168 people had been detained and 71 among them remanded in custody.