HDP’s Karayazı District Co-Mayor Detained

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Seven people, including Karayazı District Co-Mayor Melike Göksu from the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) and Karayazı municipal council members, have been taken into custody.

Police teams stopped two vehicles with Göksu and others on board at Aşkale checkpoint on Erzurum-Erzincan highway last night (September 16).

HDP's Karayazı Co-Mayor Göksu, two Karayazı municipal council members and four others were detained by the police and referred to courthouse.

The prison sentence of 7 years, 6 months given to Melike Göksu by the Erzurum 2nd Heavy Penal Court on charge of "membership of a terrorist organization" has recently been upheld by the Supreme Court of Appeals. (RT/SD)

* Photograph: Mezopotamya Agency (MA)