Two HDP Balıkesir executives sent to prison

HDP Balıkesir Provincial executive Adbulhalim Aksu and HDP member Serdar Kocaman, who were taken into custody in Balıkesir on Tuesday, were sent to prison on charges of "membership in a terrorist organization".

Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) Balıkesir provincial executive Abdulhalim Aksu, HDP Edremit District co-chair Emrah Işler, HDP Bandırma provincial executive Baran Aşar and HDP member Serdar Kocaman, who were taken into custody in Balıkesir on the morning of 11 July, were transferred to the courthouse on Thursday morning. The HDP members were referred to the court with a request for arrest after the prosecution's interrogation.

HDP Edremit Provincial co-chair Emrah Işler and HDP Bandırma Provincial executive Baran Aşar were released on condition of judicial control, while Balıkesir Provincial executive Adbulhalim Aksu and HDP member Serdar Kocaman were sent to prison on charges of "membership in a terrorist organization". Aksu and Kocaman were taken to Balikesir L Type Closed Prison.