Thirty people have been taken into custody on Tuesday following simultaneous house raids carried out in the provinces of Urfa, Ýstanbul, Ankara, Diyarbakýr, Eskiþehir and Muþ within the scope of so-called “KCK” operation. Among the detainees are also BDP Urfa Provincial co-chairs Fatma Ýzol and Mehmet Vural as well as BDP chairs of Viranþehir and Ceylanpýnar districts of Urfa.

The Urfa-centered “KCK” operation on May 8 mainly targeted the members of Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) administrators and members in five provinces and districts of Urfa.