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Turkey pro-Kurdish leader detained Turkey pro-Kurdish leaders Demirtas and Yuksekdag detained
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Leader of Turkey's pro-Kurdish opposition party detained with other MPs, lawyers say The two co-leaders of Turkey's pro-Kurdish HDP opposition party have been detained along with other MPs, officials say.
This breaking news story is being updated and more details will be published shortly. Please refresh the page for the fullest version. Selahattin Demirtas and Figen Yuksekdag were detained as part of a counter-terrorism inquiry, security sources quoted by Anadolu news agency said.
If you want to receive Breaking News alerts via email, or on a smartphone or tablet via the BBC News App then details on how to do so are available on this help page. You can also follow @BBCBreaking on Twitter to get the latest alerts. Mr Demirtas was detained at his home in the south-eastern city of Diyarbakir while Ms Yuksekdag was taken into custody in Ankara.
Nine other HDP MPs were also held.
Turkey claims that the HDP has links to the PKK Kurdish militant group, but the party strongly denies this.
The PKK is deemed a terrorist organisation by the US, the European Union and Turkey.