Co-Mayor and 4 other women detained in Kurtalan, Siirt

Turkish police carried out house raids in the Kurtalan district of Siirt early Wednesday morning.

Co-Mayor Sadiye Aktin, Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) District Co-Chair Saliha Sak, Democratic Regions Party (Democratic Regions Party) District Co-Chair Sultan Yorulmaz, Municipality Council Member Mehpare Yeşilbaş and Gülbahar İvdil were detained during house raids.

The detained women were taken to Kurtalan District Security Directorate.