News Center- Many people, including members of the People’s Equality and Democracy Party (HEDEP), were taken into custody in the house raids conducted in Istanbul, Şırnak and Riha (Urfa).

At least 10 detained in Istanbul

At least 10 people were taken into custody in the house raids conducted in Istanbul in the morning. The names of some detained people are: Yusuf Görücü, lawyer and member of the Lawyers Association for Freedom (ÖHD), Ömer Görünmek, member of the HEDEP’s Youth Assembly, Gülbahar Herdem Filizer, Ahmet Özboganlı, Güney Yıldırım, Turgut Güvener, Cezmi Güçin, Rıdvan Güçin, Yavuz Alınçer and Adem Yıldız.

House raids in Şırnak and Riha

Fehime Saruhan, Municipal council member of the Silopi Municipality held by the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), was taken into custody in a house raid as part of an investigation launched by the Diyarbakır Chief Public Prosecutor's Office.

Police also raided many houses in Riha (Urfa). Enes Rakım and Mustafa Özkan, members of the HEDEP’s Youth Assembly, were taken into custody. According to the received reports, house raids were conducted in three cities because of the “Freedom March”, which was held from Kurdish cities to Bursa’s Gemlik district on November 18 and from Istanbul to Gemlik on November 19 to demand the lift of the aggravated isolation imposed on Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan.