News Center- Turkish police raided three wedding parties in the city of Colemêrg (Hakkari) on Sunday for “singing Kurdish political songs”.

A number of people, including local musicians and wedding photographers, were reportedly detained in the police raids on charges of “Propagandizing for a (terrorist) organization” and taken to the Hakkari Provincial Police Department.

The police raids on the wedding parties spark outrage in the city. No official statement has been issued about the raids yet.