Detained HDP politicians taken to courthouse

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Taken into custody as part of an investigation into the Kobani protests on October 6-8, 2014, 14 people from the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) have been brought from the security directorate to Ankara Courthouse.

HDP politicians were detained on September 25 as part of an investigation by the Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor's Office. While they have been in detention since then, they are now taken to the prosecutor's office.

Using their right to remain silent at the security directorate, HDP Central Executive Committee member Alp Altınörs, HDP Foreign Relations Commission member Nazmi Gür, Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) former Co-Chair and MP Emine Ayna, HDP former Central Executive Committee members Bircan Yorulmaz, Gülfer Akkaya, Berfin Özgü Köse, Dilek Yağlı, Günay Kubilay, Bülent Parmaksız, Pervin Oduncu, İsmail Şengün, HDP former General Bookkeeper Zeki Çelik, HDP's RTÜK member Ali Ürküt and former MP Prof. Dr. Emine Beyza Üstün were brought to the courthouse for their deposition at the prosecutor's office in the morning today (October 1).

Speaking to bianet, attorney Kenan Maçoğlu has indicated that the interrogation of 14 people has started at the prosecutor's office.

Deposing at the security directorate yesterday, HDP's Kars Co-Mayor Ayhan Bilgen, HDP former Diyarbakır MP Altan Tan, former MP Ayla Akat Aka, HDP former MP Sırrı Süreyya Önder, HDP former Central Executive Committee member Can Memiş and Cihan Erdal are still in security directorate.

What happened?

As part of an investigation conducted by the Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor's Office into the Kobani incidents on October 6-8, 2014, detention warrants were issued against 82 members of the HDP, including 24 former Central Executive Committee members, on September 26.

Following these orders for detention, Ayhan Bilgen, Alp Altınörs, Nazmi Gür, Altan Tan, Ayla Akat Aka, Emine Ayna, Sırrı Süreyya Önder, Bircan Yorulmaz, Gülfer Akkaya, Berfin Özgü Köse, Dilek Yağlı, Can Memiş, Günay Kubilay, Bülent Barmaksız, Zeki Çelik, Pervin Oduncu, İsmail Şengün, Ali Ürküt, Cihan Erdal, Emine Beyza Üstün were taken into custody.

On the day of the operation, the detainees were taken from other provinces to the Ankara Security Directorate in the capital city. While they were restricted from meeting their attorneys for 24 hours, the HDP politicians started to meet their attorneys as of September 27. (RT/SD)