The statement procedures of 24 people taken into custody after the military operation launched by the Turkish state on 28 October in Çemêkarê Yaylası in Herekol region of Siirt concluded on Thursday at the Siirt Provincial Gendarmerie Command.

The detainees are expected to be referred to the courthouse today.

It was learned that the detainees were beaten. The family of Recep Kipçak, one of those taken into custody, is accused of being a member of HPG. He went to Siirt (Sêrt) from Van (Wan), and the family of İlhan Tekinalp came from Hakkari (Colemêrg). It was learned that Kipçak and Tekinalp were tortured during detention.