The Green Left Party Youth Assembly organized a demonstration in Muş province in Northern Kurdistan in protest at the Turkish attacks against North-East Syria.

The police prevented demonstrators from making a press statement at Kobanê Square, citing a ban by the governor’s office. The crowd was surrounded and attacked by the police, and 9 people were taken into custody.

Those detained include DBP (Democratic Regions Party) Muş provincial co-chair Selamettin Yılmaz, HDP (Peoples’ Democratic Party) provincial co-chair Bermal Nergiz, Green Left Party Executive Board member İbrahim Boz, HDP provincial board members Çiçek Tutuş, Ömer Koç and Ümit Göktürk, Youth Assembly member Maruf Çelikel.