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Democratic Regions Party (DBP) Co-Chair Kamuran Yüksek has been arrested on charge of “being a member of a terrorist organization”.
Yüksek had been taken into custody on May 10, while leaving the Central Office Consultancy bureau in Diyarbakır. A police search was carried out in his apartment and nothing had been found in the search except some books. Photograph of Abdullah Öcalan, the imprisoned leader of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), hanging on the wall in Yüksek’s working room and office in his apartment, some CDs and a bag had been seized.
Yüksek has been arrested on the order of the court he had been delivered to yesterday (May 12) morning.
His attorneys had been told that the press statements reflected on the media was the reason for custody. (ÇT/DG)
About Kamuran Yüksek Kamuran Yüksek born in 1980 in Karayazı district of Eruzurum province studied at Ankara University, Department of Electronic Communicatio. He worked at the youth branch of the Democratic People Party (DEHAP) after the People's Democratic Party (HADEP) was closed. He took place in the Democratic Society Party (DTP) Party Assembly and Central Executive Board, served as vice president. He was in prison for political reasons during the years between 2009-2014. Name of the Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) has become Democratic Regions Party (DBP) as of July 17, 2014. He is co-chair of the party since that day. |
