Turkish singer Pınar Aydınlar has her passport confiscated and is immediately detained upon her arrival at İstanbul Atatürk Airport from Germany.
The speech which Aydinlar gave during the 2015 general elections as the Izmir deputy from the People's Democratic Party (HDP) was seen as a ‘crime’. Aydinlar’s 10-month prison sentence was approved, she was detained and her passport was confiscated. Pınar Aydınlar was taken to court, she was arrested and then taken over to Bakırköy Closed Women's Prison in Istanbul.
A MESSAGE FROM AYDINLAR
Taylan Kulaçoğlu shared the following message on his Twitter expressing that he was in touch with Aydinlar:
“I spoke to my dear friend, my companion Pınar Aydınlar who is arrested! They are taking her to Bakırköy! Her final words to me were: “I prefer to sleep in the prisons of my own country resisting against fascism, rather than walking freely in the pretty streets of Europe! We are honoured with you!”
