HDP politician Meryem Adibelli has been imprisoned in Ankara as part of the "Kobanê investigation." The number of arrests in the trial, which dates back to the Kobanê protests of 2014, has thus increased to 26.
HDP politician Meryem Adibelli has been jailed in Ankara. The former HDP party council member was arrested three days ago in Antep as part of the "Kobanê investigation" and transferred to Ankara. After police interrogation, she was brought before the prosecution and the magistrate. While the court ordered "house arrest" and released the politician, the public prosecutor's office appealed against this. On Friday, Adibelli was again brought before the court, which this time issued an arrest warrant on the usual terror charges. Adibelli was taken to the women's prison in Sincan district.
This brought the number of those arrested in the case to 26. The "Kobanê investigation" led by the Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office relates to protests in northern Kurdistan and Turkey during the IS attack on the city of Kobanê six years ago. Since the beginning of October, 26 activists and politicians, including high-ranking representatives of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) and its sister party DBP (Democratic Regions Party), have already been arrested as part of these proceedings.
Kobanê protests
On the evening of October 6, 2014, after 21 days of resistance by the YPG/YPJ and the people, the terrorist militia "Islamic State" (IS) succeeded in penetrating the center of the northern Syrian city of Kobanê. In view of the critical situation, the HDP called on the people of Northern Kurdistan and Turkey to protest indefinitely against the AKP government, as it did not end its support for the IS. In the course of this, there were downright street battles between Turkish security forces and the protesters in many cities. Soldiers, policemen, village guards as well as members and supporters of the radical Islamist Turkish Hezbollah led a joint fight against Kurds who participated in the protests. The number of people killed, most of whom were participants in the uprising, fluctuated between 46 and 53. According to a report by the Human Rights Association (IHD), 682 people were injured during the protests. At least 323 people were arrested. In the course of the uprising, there were also arson attacks on stores and public facilities.
