DBP Former Co-Chair Emine Ayna Detained

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Democratic Regions Party (DBP) former Co-Chair and former MP Emine Ayna has been detained in Turkey’s southeastern Diyarbakır province.

According to Dicle Media News Agency (dihaber), Ayna was detained during a police raid launched into her home and taken to Provincial Security Directorate Anti-Terror Bureau. The reason of arrest has yet to be known.

Ayna had gone to Prosecutor’s Office at Diyarbakır Courthouse to testify.

About Emine Ayhan

Emine Ayna was born in Dicle in 1968. She is a niece of Ömer Ayna, one of 10 victims of the Kızıldere Massacre (March 30, 1972). She is a high school graduate and founder of the Rainbow Women's Association. In 2007, she stood as an independent candidate in the Turkish parliamentary elections, receiving 15.57% of the vote in Mardin and entering the Turkish Parliament.

On 20 July 2008, she was elected to the Democratic Society Party (DTP) leadership, sharing this position with Ahmet Türk. She also became Chair of the DTP Parliamentary Group, when Ahmet Türk resigned. (BK/TK)