Co-Mayors of Sur and Silvan Districts in Diyarbakır Arrested Over ‘Self-Governance’ Claims

Co-Mayors of Sur district and Democratic Regions Party (DBP) members Seyid Narin and Fatma Şık Barut and Co-Mayor of Silvan district Yüksek Bodakçı have been arrested on charges of declaration of “self-governance.” Among the arrested were also the DBP Sur district Co-chair Ali Rıza Çiçek and Women’s Academy (Kadın Akademisi) staff Güneş Ölmez. 

The other two detainees, Hasan Irmak and Abdulnesim Baran, were released.

The politicians who were detained under the scope of an operation launched on August 19, were referred to a vacation court on demand of arrest on Saturday night, following their testimonies at the prosecutor’s office. Barut, Narin, Bodakçı, Çiçek, and Ölmez were arrested in accordance with the Article 302 of the Turkish Penal Code on charges of “breaking up the unity of the state and integrity of the country.” (EK/DA)

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