HDP members taken into custody in Ağrı

A number of HDP members were beaten and detained following raids on several houses in Ağrı.

In the afternoon several home raids were carried out by police in the city center of Ağrı. It has been confirmed that Democratic People's Party (HDP) former Provincial Co-Chair Naile Baris, municipal councilor Ceren Bariş and HDP member Hamit Taşdemir were taken into custody.

Hamit Taşdemir was beaten by the police and hospitalized while reports are coming through of possible new raids.

No reason as to why the HDP executives have taken into custody was given and the detainees were taken to the Provincial Police Department.