As part of its campaign for March 31 local elections, Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) opened an election bureau in the neighborhood of Berçem in Kızıltepe district of Mardin.

7 minors, aged between 12 and 16, were detained by the police after the opening ceremony, and taken to the security directorate.

The detained minors were reportedly taken into custody on the grounds of slogans chanted during the ceremony, and are expected to  be referred to the prosecutor’s office in the following hours.