59 people in custody for three days in Amed

Diyarbakir Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office issued a detention order for 88 people accused of “making propaganda for a terrorist organization” for the posts they shared on social media.

Police carried out raids on 104 houses in Amed on 13 August. 59 people, including JinNews reporter Beritan Canözer and journalist Kadir Bayram, were taken into custody. Lawyers could not access the details of the investigation file due to the confidentiality decision. The restriction was lifted 24 hours later and the lawyers went to the Diyarbakır Police Department and met with their clients.

It is expected that the 59 people who have been held in Diyarbakır Security Directorate for three days will be referred to the courthouse today.

The people arrested have been named as follows:

JinNews journalist Beritan Canözer, journalist Kadir Bayram, Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Youth Council members Ferhat Azan, Mazlum Gök, Gülistan Yılmaz, Ümit Akbıyık, Çetin Temel, Rojin Varhan, Serhat Sönmez, Kadri Şimşek and SES member Aytaç Eles, Chat Yıldız, Dicle Ayaz, Mustafa Kurt, Osman Karaaslan, Baver Önerarı, Ümit Akpınar, Mehmet Ali Tekmir, Mehmet Noyan, Özlem Öncel, Zilan Dağ, Mehmet Emin Firak, Mehmet Emin Gürcü, Abdullah Çapraz, Hacı Tahir Faziloğlu, Zemirhan Yılmaz, Mehmet Kurt, Osman Karaaslan, Yusuf Ateş, Mazlum Çiçek, Metin Şengül, Yakup Malcok, Mustafa Kolakan, Mehmet Atik, Mehmet Selam Balta, Isa Uzunboy, Nadir Karakoç, Erkan Eren, Eyüp Orak, Kerem Çetin, Süleyman Varlu, Mazlum Kardaş, Süleyman Bayram, Şirin Aslan, Muhammed Bozkır, Sedat Aydın, Berat Oturmak, Kemal Güneş, Serhat Ataş, Fırat Uluışık, Ahmet Aladağ, Rehber Demir, Mehmet Aydın, Cahit Iganli, Umut Tursun, Diyar Orak.