ADANA, — Ten Kurdish politicians who were taken into custody in raids in Adana on 6 March remained in custody on Friday accused of being members of an “illegal organization”, referring to Kurdistan Communities Union (KCK) and umbrella organisation for PKK (Kurdistan Workers’ Party).
The jailed politicians are Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) central executive board member Mihdi Aslan, BDP Adana City Council member Şefik Ozbey, BDP Ceyhan branch chair Huseyin Ogaç and deputy chair Refik Bayav, BDP Adana branch bookkeeper Zulkuf Tezkorkmaz and deputy bookkeeper Sadreddin Argin, BDP Adana branch executive Fatma Çatikaş, Gulbahçesi Association of Democratic Culture and Solidarity chair Mahmut Aslan, deputy chair Adil Yalçin and executive Mehmet Dundar.