Turkish police detain eight during operation on Ankara bomber's commemoration

Turkish police have detained eight suspects during an operation on a mosque in eastern Van province, where the Ankara bomber's family was receiving condolences, after Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Tu?ba Hezer created outrage by paying a visit to the commemoration. 

Police raided the basement of a mosque in the Hac?bekir neighborhood of Van's ?pekyolu district, where the family of the Ankara suicide bomber, Abdülbaki Sömer, was receiving condolences.

The commemoration was brought to the public's attention following a visit by HDP deputy Hezer, as the bomber's photographs were hung on the walls of the apartment with a flag of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in the background of one of the pictures, according to previous reports by Do?an News Agency. 

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu called Hezer's visit "treason," saying the HDP's authorized bodies owed an explanation to the nation. 

"Joining the commemoration of a suicide bomber, someone who spilled blood, who has blood on his hands, to remember him with respect, is the biggest treason to humanity," Davuto?lu said. 

Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal K?l?çdaro?lu also condemned the visit, and joined the prime minister in defining it as "treason."

"You go to parliament, get paid by the Turkish Republic, swear an oath by your honor and then go visit a terrorist's tent, award the terrorist and encourage acts of terror," he said, adding such behavior was "unacceptable." 

An investigation was launched into Hezer's visit to the commemoration by the Van Chief Prosecutor's Office. 

Another investigation was launched against Hezer for her speech delivered on Feb. 15 following a march that took place on...