Peace and Democracy (BDP) building and a number of houses in the province of Þýrnak have been raided by police following the attack by unknown assailant(s) who killed AKP deputy provincial chair in front of his house last night. Twenty people have been taken into custody since last night within the scope of the investigation into Kýlýnç’s murder. Among them are BDP central district executive Ahmet Ayan and BDP district accounting officer Resul Ertaþ.

Among the detainees are also BDP district executive Ayan’s wife, his two children aged six and seven, his parents and his sister. BDP district accounting officer Ertaþ is also reported to have been detained together with his family. Detainees were taken to the Police Directorate of Þýrnak.

In a statement reacting to the raids on BDP building and houses, BDP central district chair Üzeyir Kýlýn underlined that; “Neither our party nor our colleagues has any connection with the event which is intended to lead to provocations against our party and its workers. No one should doubt that we are not in favour of any deaths, especially death of a Þýrnak citizen. We strongly condemn the raids targeting our party building and workers.”

On the other hand, BDP Silopi district executive Mehmet Mirmehmet was taken into custody during the road control by plainclothes policeman near the districts of Silopi and Cizre. According to reports coming through, Mirmehmet’s house was also raided and searched in detail by police units. Mirmehmet, whose detention reason hasn’t been disclosed, was taken to the Police Directorate of Silopi.