In new police operations carried out in the cities of North Kurdistan and Turkey, many people were taken into custody, including Peyas municipality co-mayor Cengiz Dündar and MKG President Roza Metina.
New police operations were carried out in many cities, including Amed, Istanbul, Batman (Êlih), Mardin (Mêrdîn) and Şirnak (Şirnex).
AMED
The houses of Amed's Peyas municipality co-mayor Cengiz Dündar, Mesopotamia Women Journalists Association (MKG) President Roza Metina, journalist Ahmet Sümbül, film director Ardin Diren (known for his movie Every house is a school), and teachers who are members of the Education and Science Workers Union (Eğitim-Sen) were raided in the morning hours. It was reported that the house raids continue and the number of detentions may increase.
ISTANBUL
In the operation carried out in Istanbul, journalists Erdoğan Alayumat and Bilge Aksu, Nimet Tanrıkulu, one of the founders of the Human Rights Association (İHD), Sevtap Akdağ, deputy co-chair of the Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) Labor Commission, as well as Isa Özğan, Bahattin Bingöl, Halis Kandilci, Faysal Özdaş, Hamza Kaan, Leyla Doğan, Fersende Aksoy and Mehmet Yaşar Abatan were taken into custody. The house raids were carried out within the scope of an investigation centered in Eskişehir.
ÇANAKKALE
In house raids carried out in Çanakkale, 11 young people, including DEM Party Gökçeada District co-chair Bedirhan Şeker and party executive Savaş Sarıbulak were taken into custody.
BATMAN
Journalist Mehmet Uçar was detained in a house raid carried out in Batman.
MARDIN
In house raids in the Artuklu district of Mardin, 5 relatives, Mehmet Şimdi (40), Mehmet Şimdi (22), Mehmet Nur Şimdi (22), Medine Şimdi (20) and Roni Şimdi (17) as well as Hevidar Taş, Serhat Aktaş, Arif Elban and Arife Elban were taken into custody. The detainees were taken to the Provincial Police Department. It was stated that the detentions were made on the grounds of trustee protests.
ŞIRNAK
A large number of people were detained in house raids in the Cizre (Cizîr) district of Şirnak.
URFA
Four people were taken into custody in house raids conducted throughout Urfa (Riha). Former DEM Party Karaköprü District co-chair Ulaş Çoban, Kubilay Yıldız, Ayfer Haykır and Mehmet Demir were detained.
It was learned that the mother of H.A., who had a detention warrant, was beaten in a house raid conducted in the rural Atgûden neighborhood of Hewag (Bozova).
The detained individuals were taken to the Provincial Police Department.
DERSIM
Four people were detained in house raids in Dersim. The names of those taken into custody are as follows: Şiyar Ataş, Veli Akyol, Aynur Can, SES Dersim member Enes Boran.
