Turkish police have carried out house raids early this morning in Adıyaman province and Cizre district of Şırnak. The operation targeted the HDP (Peoples’ Democratic Party) and civil society organizations.

During the house raids in Adıyaman, police detained HDP former provincial branch co-chair Abuzer Küçükkelepçe, former term spokesperson of the party, Rıza Açıkpayam, education union Eğitim-Sen administrator Ayşegül Yücetaş and Democratic Alevi Association provincial co-chair Celal Demirci. Another person sought in the operation couldn’t be detained for not being at the targeted address.

Police forces raided a house in Nur neighborhood of Cizre and detained a person.

No official statement has been made on the detentions yet.