KKP President Sinan Çiftyürek under custody

2019-10-16 12:59:03


	 

	DİYARBAKIR - Kurdistan Communist Party (KKP) leader Sinan Çiftyürek was detained following a raid on his house in Diyarbakır on Wednesday morning.

	 

	Çiftyürek was taken to the Provincial Security Directorate.

	 

	Çiftyürek was reportedly taken into custody for posts he shared on social media about the occupation of Northern and Eastern Syria.

	 

	In a statement posted on the KKP Twitter account it was said that "Our chairman Sinan Çiftyürek was taken into custody at around 5 am this morning while in his house. We demand the immediate release our President."