Turkish police stormed dozens of houses in the province of Muş and its districts early Monday morning.

At least 18 people were detained in the operation and taken to the provincial police department.

According to initial reports, the detainees are accused of participating in the funeral ceremony for Kurdish musician Mîr Perwer, who was murdered along with KCK Executive Council member Emine Kara (Evîn Goyî) and long-time Kurdish activist Abdurrahman Kızıl in an armed attack at the Kurdish cultural center Ahmet Kaya in Paris on 23 December 2022.

The musician was born in Muş and was living in France, where he had applied for asylum. He was forced to leave his homeland due to the political persecution by the Turkish state. He was active in the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) and was sentenced to prison by the Turkish judiciary on "terrorist charges". Mîr Perwer belonged to the Kurdish cultural movement TEV-ÇAND.

When the remains of Mîr Perwer arrived in his home village for the funeral on 5 January, the Turkish state once again showed its hatred of Kurds. The coffin was seized by security forces, and transported to the cemetery with a shovel excavator. Only the closest family members could attend the funeral, while a large crowd of mourners was attacked with rubber bullets, tear gas and water cannons. More than thirty people were taken into custody as the mourners were attacked by the police with tear gas, plastic bullets and water cannons.