Several HDP members, executives detained in raids in İstanbul

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Several people have been detained in simultaneous house raids in İstanbul early in the morning.

Provincial and district executive of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), and Saliha Aras, a journalist for the Demokratik Modernite magazine, are among the detained, according to the Mezopotamya Agency (MA).

The reason for the detentions have not yet been disclosed.

Names of the detainees: HDP Provincial Organization Co-Spokesperson Besra İşsever, HDP Üsküdar District Co-Chair Aysel Özbey, Erkan Tarım, Mümin Odabaş, Harun Bağatur, Enes Özdaş, Ercan Özer and Saliha Aras. (EMK/VK)