Police take 165 people into custody in new wave of political arrests

165 people, including Peace Mothers, were detained in police political operations carried out in many cities, especially Istanbul, Amed, Adana and Antep.

Turkish police raided many houses within the scope of the police political operation carried out in many cities. 165 people, including Peace Mothers, were detained during the raids.

ISTANBUL

Many houses were raided in Istanbul in the morning hours. Many women, including Peace Mothers, were taken into custody during the raids. Those detained were taken to the Istanbul Provincial Police Department.

The names of those detained are as follows: Justice Vigil activists Kumri Akgül and Gülsüm Öztürk, Peace Mothers Fatma Yılmaz and Bedia Gökguz, Women's Zamani Association President Dilek Başalan, DEM Party Women's Council member Beser Çelik, Free Women's Movement (TJA) activists Vetha Bingöl and Suna Kaymaz, HDP Yüksekova (Gever) former district co-chair Selcan Saygı, Mesopotamia Cultural Centre (MKM) artists Dilan Suyu and Zehra Suyu, Sıhat Yılmaz, Şükran Tugay, Gönül Kahraman and Yusuf Açar.

ANTEP

Detention were carried out by police under the instructions of the Chief Public Prosecutor's Office in Antep (Dîlok). Kamile Aras (55) and DEM Pati Youth Council member Ferhat Özmen were taken into custody in Güzelvadi. Aras and Özmen were taken to the provincial police headquarters. It was learned that the police went to the house of DEM Parti Youth Assembly member Bünyamin Doğan to detain him, but he was not at home.

AMED

Three people, Mehmet Oruçlu, Ferhat Çiçek and Umut Oktay, were taken into custody during house raids in Amed. The detained young people were taken to the provincial police headquarters.

ADANA

Police raided some houses in Yüreğir following orders by the Adana Chief Public Prosecutor's Office on the grounds of "making propaganda for a terrorist organization". A woman named Berivan Akalın was detained and taken to the provincial police headquarters on the grounds that she was "making propaganda for a terrorist organization" through social media posts.

165 DETAINED IN 28 PROVINCES

Turkish Minister of Internal Affairs Ali Yerlikaya announced that 165 people were taken into custody in 28 provinces.