ISTANBUL- Stating that he was punished with house arrest for his posts on the use of chemical weapons and soldier deaths on the social media, HDP Kadıköy District Co-Chair Koray Türkay said: "What I said proved to be true with the sentence given."

 

Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), Democratic Regions Party (DBP) and United Struggle Forces (BMG) set out from Kadıköy to Taksim to join the "Rally for Humanity" organised in Taksim on October 6, against the use of chemical weapons. HDP Kadıköy District Co-chair Koray Türkay was detained due to the investigation that was cited as a reason. Türkay, who was taken to the Istanbul Security Directorate, was transferred to the Istanbul Courthouse in Çağlayan to take his statement at the prosecutor's office after he was detained for 4 days. The prosecutor's office demanded that Türkay be arrested. Türkay, who was transferred to the Criminal Judgeship of Peace, was sentenced to house arrest.

 

Koray Türkay

 

'MY ARREST IS PROOF THAT TURKEY IS USING CHEMICAL WEAPONS'

 

Pointing to the images released by the HPG regarding the use of chemicals, Türkay said:"I was detained before the action they carried out on November 6, demanding that this situation be investigated, and that the government prevented me from even speaking about this issue. My arrest is proof that Turkey is using Chemical Weapons. I was detained at the ID check at Kadıköy Pier on my way to Taksim with the HDP call in an environment where no one dared to say that chemical weapons were used. I was subjected to psychological violence during the detention process. For a long time, my right to a lawyer was denied. I was also subjected to unofficial interrogation by 4 police officers at the police station. It was an agency activity. Since this was not achieved, an attempt was made to create an element of crime. I was faced with a psychological warfare operation situation."