Home raids in many cities: Lawyers, journalists, politicians detained

Turkish police raided houses in many cities. Many people, including lawyers, journalists, politicians and artists have been taken into custody.

News Center- Police raided houses in many cities in the morning as part of an investigation launched by the Diyarbakır Chief Public Prosecutor's Office. According to the received reports, many people, including lawyers, journalists, politicians and artists have been taken into custody. No information has been received about the investigation.

Some of detained people are: Halise Dakalı,Co-chair of the Lawyers Association for Freedom (ÖHD) Diyarbakır Branch; lawyers Özüm Vurgun, Bünyamin Şeker, Berdan Acun and Pirozhan Karali; Sezen Mercan, media advisor of Saliha Aydeniz, Co-chair of the Democratic Regions Party (DBP); Mesopotamia Agency (MA) editor Abdurrahman Gök; MA reporter Ahmet Kanbal; Osman Akın, editor-in-chief of the Yeni Yaşam Newspaper; Kadri Esen, publisher of the Kurdish newspaper Xwebûn; Amed City Theater members Yavuz Akkuzu, Özcan Ateş and Elvan Koçer.

The names of detained politicians are still unknown. 

Police also raided the house of Ferhat Çelik, managing editor of Mesopotamia News Agency (MA). Ferhat Çelik was not at home when police raided the house. Police reportedly continue to search his house.

 Police also raided the house of journalist Beritan Canözer. According to the reports, the journalist was not at home and police confiscated her hard disks after searching her house.

The police search in the building of the ÖHD Diyarbakır Branch and in the house of journalist Kadri Esen continues.

According to the received reports, the number of detained people may increase.