Over 70 people have been taken into custody as a result of simultaneous police raids in the main Kurdish city Diyarbakır early Tuesday, Nuçe TV reported.

According to the report, the operation targeted a number of houses in the districts of Bağlar, Yenişehir and Sur. Executives and members of the Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) have also been taken into custody in the operation. Detainees have been taken to the police headquarters.