Detained HDP MP Erdoğmuş Released

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Detained Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Diyarbakır MP Nimetullah Erdoğmuş has been released following his questioning at prosecutor’s office.

On its Twitter account, HDP had declared that party’s Diyarbakır MP Erdoğmuş was detained (December 15) due to a summary prepared on ground of a Friday Prayer which he attended.

HDP Party Spokesperson Ayhan Bilgen in his speech at the parliament said, “Nimetullah Erdoğmuş is being tried for having Friday prayer performed without permission. This is a piece of the same photo with the attack launched on our headquarters”.

12 of 59 MPs arrested

HDP Co-Chairs Selahattin Demirtaş and Figen Yüksekdağ, Şırnak MPs Ferhat Encü, Leyla Birlik, Hakkari MPs Selma Irmak, Abdullah Zeydan, Diyarbakır MPs İdris Baluken, Nursel Aydoğan, Ziya Pir, İmam Taşçıer, Ankara MP Sırrı Süreyya Önder and Mardin MP Gülser Yıldırım were taken into custody on November 4.

Pir, Taşçıer and Önder were released on probation.

Yüksekdağ, Demirtaş, Baluken, Birlik, Irmak, Aydoğan, Yıldırım, Zeydan and Encü were arrested on the same day.

HDP Hakkari MP Akdoğan was arrested on November 7. 

HDP Group Deputy Chair Çağlar Demirel and HDP Siirt MP Besime Konca were arrested on December 13, which increased the number of arrested HDP MPs to 12.

HDP İstanbul MP Filiz Kerestecioğlu and HDP Muş MP Ahmet Yıldırım were replaced for the arrested group deputy chairs. 

About Nimetullah Erdoğmuş

Erdoğmuş was born in Bingöl’s Genç Meşedalı village on January 1, 1960.

He graduated from Atatürk University Faculty of Theology. He received special education in his area of occupation in Egypt.

He served as Provincial Mufti in Elazığ, Kilis and Diyarbakır. He is married, with five children. (BK/TK)