ANKARA (AA) – Figen Yuksekdag and Selahattin Demirtas, Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) co-chairs, were detained as part of an ongoing counter-terrorism investigation, Turkish security sources said early Friday.
Yuksekdag was taken into custody at her residence in Ankara, for failing to comply with a summons for her testimony in the probe conducted by Diyarbakir Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office.
As part of the same investigation, Demirtas was detained at his Diyarbakir residence.
The two politicians vowed in June they would not cooperate with officials on the investigation and would refuse to testify.
Yuksekdag and Demirtas face prosecution under anti-terrorism laws after their parliamentary immunity was lifted earlier this year, along with other lawmakers from Turkey’s main political parties.
