Friday, May 27, 2011

14 kurds were detained in Suruç and Yüksekova area by the Turkish governme Forces

URFA (DİHA) – This morning, plain-clothes police and special operations teams carried out several house raids in the Aydın, Yıldırım and Cumhuriyet neighborhoods in Urfa’s Suruç district and detained Halil Aktaş, Salih Çağan, Arif Laçin, Ferhat Şeyli, İsmet Beyhan, and five others. Raids are continuing in the district while the reasons for the detentions remain unclear.

Also, in Hakkari’s Yüksekova District, police carried out many raids in the Orman and Güngör neighborhoods and took Zozan Duru, Şerif Kekik, Cevdet Ayvar and Mehdi Bor into custody.

During the raids, police made aggressive house searches and harassed residents.

Detainee Cevdet Ayvar’s mother, Gulav Ayvar said that, police insulted her when they entered her house. She added that they put guns to their heads while they were searching the house and warned them not to speak Kurdish.
Detainee Mehdi Bor’s mother, Kudret Bor, stated that police assaulted her son as they were taking him into custody and they are going to file a criminal complaint about this subject.

Source: http://diclenews.com/2/22/viewNews/258556

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