WAN, — Bekir Kaya, mayor of Wan city was arrested on 7 June in his house and remained in custody. The mayor has refused giving testimony on Saturday in line with a protest staged by all of the BDP politicians detained, and has been remanded in custody.
Two more BDP politicians have been remanded in custody along with Kaya. They are Cuneyt Caniş and Ihsan Guler. They are all detained on charges related to the so called KCK (Kurdish Communities Union) operation.
People of Wan continue to protest against the waves of arbitrary arrests with sit-in actions.