Former HDP MP Hüda Kaya was taken into custody at Istanbul Airport on the orders of the Turkish General Prosecutor's Office. An arrest warrant was issued against the 63-year-old politician in connection with the Kobanê trial.

Hüda Kaya was an HDP member of parliament in Turkey from 2015 until the May elections. The internationally known author and activist for women's and human rights has been in prison several times, and her sons have also been in prison.

Kaya was remanded in custody by the Ankara 4th Criminal Judgeship of Peace.

The Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party (HEDEP) Central Executive Board (MYK) issued a written statement regarding the arrest of Huda Kaya. "The government's hatred for Kobanê does not subside. Hüda Kaya's arrest is the result of the politics of revenge. Her detention and arrest is the result of the government's policy of revenge against our party, our politics, those who do not think like him and the social segments that do not surrender."