Police detain 26 members of Eğitim-Sen teachers' union in Diyarbakır

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The police raided the homes of the Education and Science Workers' Union (Eğitim-Sen) this morning (November 6) in the Kurdish-majority southeastern Diyarbakır province, detaining 26 teachers.

The raids were conducted as part of an investigation opened by the Diyarbakır Chief Public Prosecutor's Office against the Democratic Society Congress (DTK).

The police also searched the cabinets of teachers in the schools they work at, the Mesopotamia Agency (MA) reported.

The teachers have been taken to Diyarbakır Security Directorate. (RT/VK)