Hatun Tuğluk

An Ankara court has arrested three people and released four others previously detained over an attack against the funeral of the mother of jailed Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) lawmaker Aysel Tuğluk. 

Turkish Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu's picture with one of the attackers of the funeral of the jailed Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) lawmaker Aysel Tuğluk's mother has stirred debate. The minister responded by saying he did not know the person he posed with was among the suspects.

Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım has condemned the attack on the funeral of the jailed Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) lawmaker Aysel Tuğluk's mother, describing it as "a provocation" and vowing that "the perpetrators will be found."

A mob of 20 to 25 people attacked a burial ceremony in a public cemetery in the Gölbaşı district of the Turkish capital Ankara on Sept. 13 when the body of Hatun Tuğluk was being lowered into her grave, according to eyewitness reports. Shouting slogans of not wanting the body of a terrorist buried in the cemetery, they attacked the people who were there for the funeral.

The burial of the mother jailed Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) deputy co-chair Aysel Tuğluk was attacked by a group chanting racist slogans in the capital Ankara late on Sept. 13, temporarily preventing the burial from taking place.

An investigation has been opened by the Interior Ministry into the incident, which has drawn condemnation across the political spectrum.

The burial of the mother jailed Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Aysel Tuğluk was attacked by a group chanting racist slogans in the capital Ankara late on Sept. 13, temporarily preventing the burial from taking place. 

An investigation has been opened by the Interior Ministry into the incident, which has drawn condemnation across the political spectrum.