ESP Leader among many detained in Istanbul
Several people including ESP Chair Çiçek Otlu have been detained in house raids.
Several people including ESP Chair Çiçek Otlu have been detained in house raids.
ESP (Socialist Party of the Oppressed) Chair Çiçek Otlu was detained in a house raid on her residence Tuesday morning. Çiçek Otlu protested her detention by chanting “No to the Dictator” and “We will not let you be president”.
Detainees that were identified are:
ESP Party Council Member Mustafa Naci Toper, ESP Antep Province Chair Ayşe Esmer, ESP Central Executive Committee Member İlke Başak Baydar, SGDF (Federation of Socialist Youth Associations)Central Executive Committee Member Beren Atıcı, HDP (Peoples' Democratic Party) Party Council Member Ekber Kaya, ESP Member Hakan Kavut, HDP Dersim Province Administrator Hüseyin Dağdeviren.