Burcu Çelik Özkan

Justice Ministry approves jailed HDP MP's requests to be reunited with 3-year-old daughter in prison

The Turkish Justice Ministry accepted on May 24 a jailed Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) parliamentarian's request to be reunited with her 3-year-old daughter in prison.

HDP Muş lawmaker Burcu Çelik Özkan was arrested on charges of "being a member of a terrorist organization" on April 19 in the eastern province of Muş.

Jailed HDP lawmaker Özkan requests to reunite with three-year-old daughter in jail

A jailed Kurdish-issue focused Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) member has applied to the Justice Ministry to unite with her three-year-old daughter in prison, Doğan News Agency reported on May 24.

HDP Muş lawmaker Burcu Çelik Özkan was arrested on charges of "being a member of a terrorist organization" on April 19 in the eastern province of Muş.

Opposition HDP deputy Özkan arrested by court in Turkey's Muş

A deputy from the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) was arrested on charges of "being a member of a terrorist organizations" on April 19 in the eastern Anatolian province of Muş, Doğan News Agency has reported.

Burcu Çelik Özkan, a HDP deputy for the province, was detained by police during a routine traffic stop on April 19.