DBP Former Co-Chair Emine Ayna Released

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Democratic Regions Party (DBP) former Co-Chair and former MP Emine Ayna has been released on probation by the court she was referred to for arrest.

Ayna was detained yesterday (March 23) in a police raid launched into her home and taken to Provincial Security Directorate Anti-Terror Bureau.

The Criminal Judgeship of Peace on Duty released Ayna, who is charged with “being a member of an illegal organization”, on probation and imposed an international travel ban on her.

About Emine Ayhan

Emine Ayna was born in Dicle in 1968. She is a niece of Ömer Ayna, one of 10 victims of the Kızıldere Massacre (March 30, 1972). She is a high school graduate and founder of the Rainbow Women's Association. In 2007, she stood as an independent candidate in the Turkish parliamentary elections, receiving 15.57% of the vote in Mardin and entering the Turkish Parliament.

On 20 July 2008, she was elected to the Democratic Society Party (DTP) leadership, sharing this position with Ahmet Türk. She also became Chair of the DTP Parliamentary Group, when Ahmet Türk resigned. (ÇT/TK)