https://sputnikglobe.com/20161226/turkey-opposition-party-1048997941.html

Turkish HDP Opposition Party's Senior Official Detained by Police in Ankara

Sputnik International

Senior official of Turkey's opposition Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) Aysel Tugluk was detained by an anti-terrorism police team Monday under suspicion of... 26.12.2016, Sputnik International

2016-12-26T08:22+0000

2016-12-26T08:40+0000

https://cdn1.img.sputnikglobe.com/img/104899/79/1048997968_0:245:4407:2737_1920x0_80_0_0_3f0a253e03d54d7f1ceec40155c9dcab.jpg

turkiye

Sputnik International

feedback@sputniknews.com

+74956456601

MIA „Rosiya Segodnya“

252

2016

Sputnik International

feedback@sputniknews.com

+74956456601

MIA „Rosiya Segodnya“

252

News

en_EN

Sputnik International

feedback@sputniknews.com

+74956456601

MIA „Rosiya Segodnya“

252

1920

1080

true

1920

1440

true

https://cdn1.img.sputnikglobe.com/img/104899/79/1048997968_0:106:4407:2876_1920x0_80_0_0_80c8640bb1a8c8c58a1c7767fe9fd81a.jpg

1920

true

Sputnik International

feedback@sputniknews.com

+74956456601

MIA „Rosiya Segodnya“

252

Sputnik International

middle east, newsfeed, turkiye, kurdish people's democratic party (hdp)

Turkish HDP Opposition Party's Senior Official Detained by Police in Ankara

08:22 GMT 26.12.2016 (Updated: 08:40 GMT 26.12.2016)

© AP PhotoAysel Tugluk, a pro-Kurdish politician, speaks to the media during a protest against the detention of pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party, or HDP, lawmakers, in Ankara, Turkey, Friday, Nov. 4, 2016

Aysel Tugluk, a pro-Kurdish politician, speaks to the media during a protest against the detention of pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party, or HDP, lawmakers, in Ankara, Turkey, Friday, Nov. 4, 2016 - Sputnik International

Senior official of Turkey's opposition Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) Aysel Tugluk was detained by an anti-terrorism police team Monday under suspicion of having links to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), local media reported.

This picture obtained from Dogan News Agency shows people protesting in front of the offices of pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) following a suicide car bombing on December 17, 2016 in Kayseri - Sputnik International

HDP Party Accuses Turkish Authorities of Encouraging Attacks on Its Offices

18 December 2016, 11:13 GMT

MOSCOW (Sputnik) – According to the Anadolu Agency, Tugluk was detained by police as part of an investigation carried out by the Diyarbakir Chief Public Prosecutor's Office. Her arrest follows 13 other arrests of HDP officials last month, the media outlet reported.

All HDP lawmakers in custody are reportedly believed to have ties with the PKK, an organization which Turkey regards as a terrorist group.