On March 8, Socialist Party of the Oppressed (ESP) members Kahraman Yılmaz, Ali Yıldız, Gökçe Otlu and Burcu Durak were detained in house raids as part of a political genocide operation in Ankara and taken to Ankara TEM (Anti-Terror) Branch Directorate.

Kahraman Yılmaz, who is to undergo brain surgery tomorrow, was released. Ali Yıldız, Gökçe Otlu and Burcu Durak were taken to the courthouse today.

While Ali Yıldız and Burcu Durak were released, Gökçe Otlu was arrested on charges of "membership in an illegal organization and making propaganda for an illegal organization".