HDP Iğdır MP Detained

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Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Iğdır MP Mehmet Emin Adıyaman has been detained in a house where he went as a guest after a program he joined.

Charged with “[illegal] organization propaganda” in his speeches, Adıyaman was detained subsequent to court decision to “bring by force” and taken to Ankara this morning (December 19) at 6 a.m.

There are 12 arrested HDP MPs including party’s Co-Chairs Selahattin Demirtaş and Figen Yüksekdağ.

About Mehmet Emin Adıyaman

Born in Iğdır in 1961, Adıyaman graduated from Dicle University Faculty of Law. Working as a self-employed lawyer, Adıyaman is married, with five children. (ÇT/TK)