HDP Batman MP Ayşe Acar Başaran Detained

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Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Batman MP Ayşe Acar Başaran was taken into custody at 7 a.m. this morning (January 20) in capital city of Ankara.

Acar Başaran announced her detention on Twitter.

Acar Başaran was taken to Ankara Security Directorate following the detention.

HDP Spokesperson Ayhan Bilgen stated that there was a warrant to bring Acar Başaran by force and as part of this, she was taken to the security directorate to have her testimony received.

11 of 59 MPs arrested

HDP Co-Chairs Selahattin Demirtaş and Figen Yüksekdağ, Şırnak MPs Ferhat Encü, Leyla Birlik, Hakkari MPs Selma Irmak, Abdullah Zeydan, Diyarbakır MPs İdris Baluken, Nursel Aydoğan, Ziya Pir, İmam Taşçıer, Ankara MP Sırrı Süreyya Önder and Mardin MP Gülser Yıldırım were taken into custody on November 4.

Pir, Taşçıer and Önder were released on probation.

Yüksekdağ, Demirtaş, Baluken, Birlik, Irmak, Aydoğan, Yıldırım, Zeydan and Encü were arrested on the same day.

HDP Hakkari MP Akdoğan was arrested on November 7. 

HDP Group Deputy Chair Çağlar Demirel and HDP Siirt MP Besime Konca were arrested on December 13, which increased the number of arrested HDP MPs to 12.

HDP İstanbul MP Filiz Kerestecioğlu and HDP Muş MP Ahmet Yıldırım were replaced for the arrested group deputy chairs.

Şırnak MP Leyla Birlik was released on January 4.

With the release of Birlik, the number of arrested HDP MPs has dropped to 11. (AS/TK)