HDP MP Under 'Terror' Investigation After Tweeting Footage of 'Car Following Him'

Photo: Murat Sarısaç / Twitter

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Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) Van MP Murat Sarısaç has alleged that a car without a license plate has been following him for several days in the Kurdish-majority eastern province.

In a tweet on Friday (February 14), he said, "The car without a license plate that has been following me for several days was waiting in the yard of the housing estate where I reside. I asked who they are, they responded with insults. Then they cut in front of my car and forcibly took our party assembly member Yunus Durdu out of the car. Now the same people are wandering around my house."

The people in the car, apparently plain-clothed police officers, detained HDP Party Assembly member Yunus Durdu in the car. The state-run Anadolu Agency (AA) reported the detention as "PKK [Kurdistan Workers' Party] terrorist found in HDP deputy's home."

However, Sarısaç says in the footage he shared on Twitter that the people in the car did not show identity cards and that he would file a criminal complaint against them. The footage shows the car has a license plate though. 

Bir kaç gündür beni takip eden plakasız bir araç bugünde oturduğum sitenin bahçesinde bekliyordu kim olduklarını sordum hakaretle karşılık verdiler sonrasında da aracımın önünü kesip pm üyemiz yunus durdu yu zorla araçtan aldılar şimdide aynı kişiler evimin önünde dolaşıyprlar pic.twitter.com/kPie2nCepb

— Murat Sarısaç (@muratsarisac) February 14, 2020

After the detention of Durdu, a separate investigation has been launched against Sarısaç for "aiding and abetting a terrorist organization," "violating Article 6 of the Anti-Terror Law," and "openly insulting a public official because of his/her duty."

Sarısaç told Euronews Turkish that he is under investigation for "aiding his party." (TP/VK)