5 people including HDP PM Kalkan detained 

2020-06-10 11:52:00


	DİYARBAKIR - Five people, including HDP Party Council member Emrullah Kalkan, were detained following raids carried out by Turkish police in Diyarbakır and Mardin.

	 

	HDP party assembly member, Emrullah Kalkan, was detained by Turkish police in the morning hours in Artuklu district of Mardin.

	 

	It was reported that Kalkan was beaten and insulted while he was being detained.

	 

	According to the information received, the police threatened the family members and said: “We are the State, we came for something.”

	 

	It was learned that Kalkan, who had previously been sentenced to prison, will be taken to the Mardin Courthouse to be read the detention order.

	 

	Police also raided houses in several neighbourhoods of Amed, namely Çınar, Sur and Yenişehir.

	 

	A number of people were detained: Ibrahim Temiz (63) from Çınar’s Ortaşar (Elewendiyê) district, Hüseyin Temiz and Mehmet Temiz from the Çarıklı district of Sur, and Haşim Temiz from Yenişehir district.

	 

	While it was learned that those taken into custody are relatives, the reason for their arrest was not disclosed.