Police take HDP Urfa Provincial executive Ömer Altun into custody

HDP Urfa Provincial executive Ömer Altun, who attended the HDP 5th Ordinary Congress in Ankara on Sunday, was taken into custody.

It was reported that 25-year-old Ömer Altun was taken into custody at the entrance of Urfa on Sunday night.

The HDP Urfa Provincial executive was returning from Ankara, where he had attended the HDP 5th Ordinary Congress.

The detention order was given by the Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor's Office. However, the reason for the arrest was not disclosed. It has been learned that Altun, who is being held in the Urfa Provincial Security Directorate, will be taken to Ankara.

Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor's Office announced in a written statement on Sunday that an investigation against the HDP Congress was launched for "making propaganda for an illegal organization".