HDP Party Council member Aktaş arrested over pro-PKK tweet

Pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) Party Council member Bercan Aktaş was detained Tuesday on accusations of "making propaganda for a terrorist organization."

In the tweet that put him in Metris Prison in Istanbul, he said "Police Special Operations Superintendent Ahmet Çamur has been neutralized in Şemdinli," referring to the officer that was slain by PKK terrorists in the Şemdinli district of the eastern city of Hakkari on Sunday.

Aktaş was detained by the Istanbul Police Department on the order of the Counterterrorist Operations and Organized Crimes Bureau of the Public Prosecutor's Office in Istanbul.

Accused of "making propaganda for a terrorist organization," Aktaş was found guilty by the court and was sent to Metris Prison in the Esenler district of Istanbul.

Slain superintendent Ahmet Çamur was killed by PKK terrorists on the last day of his duty in the Şemdinli district. Being a half-orphan himself, he left his three daughters without a father.

The Turkish government has intensified its counterterror operations following the recent attacks carried out by the PKK, which is recognized as a terrorist organization by the U.S., the EU and Turkey.

Formed in 1978, the terrorist group has been fighting the Turkish government for an independent state until the early 2000's. The group then shifted its goal to autonomy in predominately Kurdish inhabited regions of Turkey.