HDP Mersin Co-chair and PM member detained

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  • 11:09 29 September 2020
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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.