MESOP NEWS : NO JOKE ! SERIOUS ! Turkey Issues Detention Warrant against Two Top PKK Leaders – The warrant was issued in relation to the killing of Derik Governor

15 Dec 2016 – MARDIN — As part of the investigation into the killing of Derik District Governor Muhammet Fatih Safitürk, the Chief Prosecutor’s Office in Mardin issued a detention warrant against two top leaders of Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK).

The warrants, issued on Tuesday, are against Murat Karayılan and Duran Kalkan, whom are considered senior figures in the PKK leadership. The warrants are based on claims of “disrupting the unity and territorial integrity of the state,” “deliberate murder due to his duty in public service,” and “murdering with suppression, bombings or nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons”, according to Harriyet Daily News. Two women suspects in the case were also arrested and sent to prison after previously being released, Doğan News Agency reported. The identity of the arrestees was not revealed. PKK is accused of being behind an attack in the Derik district of the southeastern province of Mardin which resulted in the death of Safitürk.  www.mesop.de