![]() ![]() The 50-year-old was treated as a ‘dangerous criminal’ just because of the colours of the scarf she was carrying in her hands as tens of police officers surrounded her instantly.Įven though the Peoples’ Democratic Party’s (HDP) MPs in the meeting tried to intervene with the police, she was physically detained and taken to the anti-terror branch of the police station.Īfter hours of detention, Beytur was released on Saturday. ![]() ![]() The scandalous treatment of women reached it’s highest level when the police officers tried to take away an accessory carried by a Kurdish Peace Mother, Hatice Beytur on the grounds that it had the colours “red, yellow and green”. Among the items taken by the police, there were disinfectants, containers of hand moisturiser, notebooks and pens. As thousands of women from various cities converged on the meeting area in Diyarbakir (Amed), they were not exactly welcomed by Turkish police officers, who had taken extraordinary security measures at the entrances of the meeting zone.ĭuring the body searches at the entrance points, some personal belongings of the women, even their own personal hygiene products, were confiscated by the police on grounds of these materials could be a “threat” to the “security” of the meeting. ![]()
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