Police last night have taken into custody Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) Nizamiye Branch executives, Hüseyin Aslan and Yüksel Gökbaþ. The two were arrested in the street of the town. No reason were given as to why the two members had bee detained. They had been taken to Dersim police station.

On a separate event the Ankara Court ordered the arrest of members of the Democratic and Patriotic Youth (DYG) Diren Yaðan, Nadir Dal and Kadir Kýlýç on charges of “being members of an illegal organization,” “acting on behalf of an illegal organization” and “organizing people for the illegal organization.”

They were arrested in three different cities and brought to Ankara Police station for interrogation on Tuesday.

BDP Mardin Branch executive Þaban Karakaþ was sentenced to two months in prison for taking part in a demonstration while he was doing his military service in 2001.

Karakaþ was sent to Mardin E Type Closed Prison.