Warrant Issued to Take Baluken Forcibly For Arrest

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Warrant has been issued to take Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) MP İdris Baluken forcibly for arrest.

Baluken had been arrested on November 4, 2016 and later released on January 30, 2017.

Noting that Bakuken's testimony was taken and evidence was collected, Diyarbakır 8th High Criminal Court had decided to release Baluken relying on the criteria set by the Constitutional Court with respect to reviewing the arrests of MPs.

Baluken had a surgery last night

Baluken had undergone a surgery on his leg yesterday (February 16) in Ankara.

HDP Group Deputy Chairperson Filiz Kerestecioğlu speaking in General Assembly of the Parliament yesterday, stated yesterday that Baluken's medical condition was good.

11 of 59 HDP MPs remain behind bars

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

Pir, Taşçıer and Önder were later released on probation.

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, 2017.

Baluken was discharged on January 30, 2017.

First released on probation after getting arrested, Adana MP Meral Danış Beştaş was taken into custody and arrested again on January 30, 2017 upon opposition by the Prosecutor's office.

Ayhan Bilgen was arrested on January 31.

With the release of Ferhat Encü, 11 HDP MPs remain behind bars. (EKN/DG)