Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) Cizre Municipality co-mayor Berivan Kutlu, was taken into custody together with a man called Agit Malgaz. Mayor Kutlu was replaced by a state-appointed trustee. The mayor was detained by the police in front of her house.

Kutlu and Malgaz were taken to the Cizre District Police Department. The reason for their detention could not be learned.