8 more arrested in Antep

  • 12:16 20 November 2019
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ANTEP - 8 more people, including HDP Provincial Co-Chair Müslüm Kılıç and DBP Provincial Co-Chair Abdullah İnce were arrested on charges of 'being a member of an illegal organization'.
 
 People's Democratic Party (HDP) Antep Provincial Co-Chair Müslüm Kılıç, Democratic Regions Party (DBP) Antep Provincial Co-Chair Abdullah İnce, HDP Şehitkamil District Co- Chair Salman Tulumlu and Müslüm Özkan, Emin Kavak, Mehmet Gümüştekin, Süleyman Yağız and Serdar Yıldırım who were taken into custody during home raids on November 14, were referred to court after their proceedings at the police station were complete. 
 
The 8 people were later referred to court with a request of arrest, with the accusation of 'being a member of an illegal organization' and were arrested on the same charge and sent to Antep Type H Closed Prison. 
 
From the 57 people kept under custody since November 14, 10 people were referred to court and 5 of them were arrested. 13 of the detainees were arrested so far while 39 people remains under custody.