HDP Mersin Co-chair and PM member detained 2020-09-29 11:09:53 MERSİN - Turkish police has taken into custody HDP Mersin Provincial co-chair Gülbahar Şöfer and HDP Party Assembly member Barış Karabıyık.   According to the information received, the police carried out a new operation in Mersin in the morning, targeting HDP members.   HDP Mersin Provincial co-chair Gülbahar Şöfer and HDP Party Assembly member Barış Karabıyık were detained following raids on their houses.   The reason for the detention was not disclosed. Şöfer and Karabıyık had joined a protest in front of the party’s building on Monday to condemn last week's political genocide operations against the HDP.