Many people including our reporter detained 2018-03-20 11:21:09   NEWS CENTER - Police conducted house raids in Istanbul, Ankara, Mardin and Şırnak and detained many people, including our reporter Duygu Erol.   Police conducted house raids in Istanbul, Ankara, Mardin and Şırnak in the morning. Many people, including our reporter, have been taken into custody after the house raids.   Ankara   Police raided many houses in Ankara in the morning on the grounds of a denunciation. Many people, including our reporter Duygu Erol have been taken into custody. According to received reports, Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) administrator Sulhattin Değer, Mine Metin and a man named Lokman are among the detained people. The reports say an arrest warrant is also issued against Mezopotamya News Agency (MA).   16 detained in Istanbul   Special operations force members raided 19 houses in Istanbul’s eight districts, including Kadıköy, Sancaktepe and Kağıthane in the morning. 16 people have been taken into custody after the raids. The detained people have been taken to Anti-Terror Branch (TEM) of Istanbul Police Headquarters.   House raids in Mardin   Police conducted house raids in Mardin city center and its districts and detained many people. According to received reports from Mardin, police conducted house raids in Yeşilalan(Barman) village of Mardin’s Savur district and detained municipal committee members of Savur Municipality Gülbahar Soygıt and Osman Aksoy have been taken into custody. Gülbahar and Osman have been reportedly taken to District Police Headquarters.   Şırnak   Police raided many houses in Şırnak’s Cizre district and Kumçatı (Dêrgul) town last night. Police also raided the house of Mahmut Duymak, who was killed in Cizre’s basements and searched the house while getting his wife Lütfiye Duymak and his son Fırat Duymak on the ground. Lütfiye Duymak has been taken into custody after two hours search in the house.   Police raided the houses of HDP Provincial Co-chairs Meryem Akyürk and Ekrem Güler in Kumçatı and detained them.