Fourty four people detained in KCK operation - UPDATE
Fourty four people detained in KCK operation - UPDATE
Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) Denizli Office was assaulted by unknown people who fired with a pump on Thursday night. Glasses of the office were broken in the attack which fortunately didn’t cause any casualties as nobody was inside the office at the time.
There is no concrete information as to the number or identity of assailant/s who were driving a car seen speeding away soon after the attack, said BDP Provincial Chair Sýdýk Eren basing on the statements of eye witnesses.
Today Mersin’s Akdeniz Municipality of BDP which was raided within the scope of an investigation conducted by Batman TEM (Anti-Terror) Department.
Police has taken Executive Assistant Cemal Aydýn taken into custody who will reportedly be taken to Batman where the investigation is carried out.
Apart from the operation in the Municipality, police has also raided Aydýn’s house at early hours this morning. Following a search which lasted for three hours, Aydýn was brought to the municipality building at around 10.00 this morning.
With the support of another team, police seized some documents, a computer case and the BDP booklet named “Free Democratic Local Governance and Democratic Autonomy”.
Warning journalist to turn their cameras off, police teams left the municipality building with Aydýn and documents.
Two BDP Council Members of Akdeniz Municipality, Selim Ekici and Hasan Arýk, and municipality worker construction engineer Kerim Aydýn are also remanded in custody for nearly two months following detentions carried out within the scope of the KCK (Kurdish Communities Union) investigation.
Today in four region at least 44 people have been taken into custody within the frame of the KCK operation.
Police raided offices in Batman, Diyarbakýr, Kurtalan (Siirt) and Mersin. It is understood the operation is still ongoing.
In Batman at least 20 people have been taken into custody. Most of them are members of Batman City Council.
In Diyarbakýr many houses were raided and at least 7 people have been taken into custody. Among them BDP Ercan Aslan and Istanbul BDO deputy Sabahat Tuncel's brother Ertuðrul Tuncel and his wife Evin Tuncel.
In Kurtalan the house of the mayor, BDP Necat Yýlmaz was raided as well as many buildings. Yýlmaz was then taken into custody.
In the past three days a total of 108 people have been taken into custody.
There is no concrete information as to the number or identity of assailant/s who were driving a car seen speeding away soon after the attack, said BDP Provincial Chair Sýdýk Eren basing on the statements of eye witnesses.
Today Mersin’s Akdeniz Municipality of BDP which was raided within the scope of an investigation conducted by Batman TEM (Anti-Terror) Department.
Police has taken Executive Assistant Cemal Aydýn taken into custody who will reportedly be taken to Batman where the investigation is carried out.
Apart from the operation in the Municipality, police has also raided Aydýn’s house at early hours this morning. Following a search which lasted for three hours, Aydýn was brought to the municipality building at around 10.00 this morning.
With the support of another team, police seized some documents, a computer case and the BDP booklet named “Free Democratic Local Governance and Democratic Autonomy”.
Warning journalist to turn their cameras off, police teams left the municipality building with Aydýn and documents.
Two BDP Council Members of Akdeniz Municipality, Selim Ekici and Hasan Arýk, and municipality worker construction engineer Kerim Aydýn are also remanded in custody for nearly two months following detentions carried out within the scope of the KCK (Kurdish Communities Union) investigation.
Today in four region at least 44 people have been taken into custody within the frame of the KCK operation.
Police raided offices in Batman, Diyarbakýr, Kurtalan (Siirt) and Mersin. It is understood the operation is still ongoing.
In Batman at least 20 people have been taken into custody. Most of them are members of Batman City Council.
In Diyarbakýr many houses were raided and at least 7 people have been taken into custody. Among them BDP Ercan Aslan and Istanbul BDO deputy Sabahat Tuncel's brother Ertuðrul Tuncel and his wife Evin Tuncel.
In Kurtalan the house of the mayor, BDP Necat Yýlmaz was raided as well as many buildings. Yýlmaz was then taken into custody.
In the past three days a total of 108 people have been taken into custody.
