Hakkari, Van and Þýrnak were hit this morning by new house searches and detentions. After yesterday's protest against the massacre in the village of Roboski on 28 December in which 35 people were killed, police took an hard stance on demonstrators this morning.

Several houses were raided and some 23 people were taken into custody.

Fourteen people have been taken into custody in Hakkari and taken to the local police station.

In Idil, province of Þýrnak after the police attacked the demonstration yesterday they have taken into custody 6 boys under 18.

In Van (Bostaniçi) they have taken into custody Nadir Çaký. On 2 November, the man was seriously injured in the clashes that erupted at a demonstration against the visit of the prime minister. He stayed in a coma for a month.