Public prosecutor of Adana has launched an investigation against those who opened PKK (Kurdistan Workers' Party) leader Abdullah Öcalan's poster and chanted slogans in favor of the PKK during the World Peace Day rally BDP (Peace and Democracy Party) organized in the southern province of Mersin on September 1.

Three people, Abdullah Özkılavuz, Ramazan Demir and Rıdvan Fidancı, were taken into custody in the house raids Mersin police carried out in the scope of the investigation. Detainees were accused of opening Abdullah Öcalan's poster during the rally.

After testifying at a court in Adana,detainees were referred to a vacation court, accused of "committing crime by acting for an illegal organization despite not being a member of it" and "spreading propaganda for an illegal organization".

The court board released two of the detainees and ruled Rıdvan Fidancı's arrest on charges of "committing crime by acting for an illegal organization despite not being a member of it". Fidancı was sent to Kürkçü F Type Closed Prison.