33 People Detained for Hasankeyf Statement Released

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After a group of Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) Batman Youth Assembly members attempted to make a statement for the press in protest at the Ilısu Dam project, which is soon to engulf the ancient city of Hasankeyf and its surrounding Tigris Valley, the police intervened against the protesters in Turkey's southeastern province of Batman yesterday (June 12).

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After the intervention of the police, 33 people, including journalist Sonya Bayık, were taken into custody. As reported by Mezopotamya Agency (MA), police officers battered and used pepper gas on the detained in police cars.

33 people, who were taken into custody for attempting to make a statement for Hasankeyf, were released from detention after an identity check at the district security directorate. (EMK/SD)

* Photograph: Mezopotamya Agency (MA)