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Detained this morning in Ankara, Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) Group Deputy Chair and Diyarbakır MP İdris Baluken was arrested today (November 4).
Baluken was brought to Bingöl.
Arrest warrant was ordered for Baluken who was sent to court.
What had happened?
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, Zira Pir, Ankara MP Sırrı Süreyya Önder and Mardin MP Gülser Yıldırım were detained in a house raid launched towards morning.
Demirtaş, Yüksekdağ, Birlik, and Aydoğan were referred to court for arrest. Ziya Pir was released on judicial control decision. (YY/TK)