MESOPOTAMIA AGENCY journalist Zeynep Durgut was among scores arrested in police raids across Turkey targeting Kurdish institutions ahead of Tuesday’s anniversary of the capture of Abdullah Ocalan.

Known by supporters as “the international conspiracy” against the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) leader, the date is usually marked by protests demanding his freedom.  

But police and soldiers swooped in raids across several cities, hauling in politicians, rights activists and journalists. Arrests were made in Adana, Mersin, and Cizre — where Ms Durgut was detained — in the largely Kurdish south-east of the country.