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Gökhan Güneş, who describes himself as a "socialist worker," was kidnapped at a bus stop in İstanbul on January 20 and returned home after si days.

HDP Şırnak MP Hasan Özgüneş says, “They force young people to get in a vehicle and say, ‘We will bury you in the grave.’ They abduct them and offer them money.”

Human Rights Watch issued a report on torture in detention centers and abduction claims in Turkey. The organization demanded investigation of the rights violations.

Members of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) kidnapped Hüseyin Aygün, a deputy of the main opposition People’s Republican Party (CHP,) in the southeastern province of Tunceli (Dersim) on Sunday, sparking fierce criticism from nearly all quarters.

The Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK abducted four village guards in the Beytüşebbap district of Şırnak in the evening of 7 September. Subsequently, a large-scale military operation was launched in the region.