Large number of detentions in Istanbul

  • 13:12 20 August 2021
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ISTANBUL - At least 15 people, including HDP Istanbul provincial and district organization executives, were detained in raids on their homes.
 
The houses of many people, including Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Istanbul provincial and district executives, were raided by the police in the morning. At least 15 people were detained in house raids in Sultanbeyli, Sancaktepe, Esenyurt, Sultangazi and Kartal.
 
The names of those detained are as follows: Elvan Uçar Kordu, İlknur Yusufoğlu, Ferhat Yıldız, Ramazan Kuni, Ayatullah Yavuz, Erol Aktaş, Veysel Özdaş, Nizamettin Açık, Metin Beyret, Suat Yıldız, Selim Boğa, Bilal Adıgüzel, Bedrettin Aytun, Kerbela Bakır, İsmail İnedi (75).