Fears raised after abduction of HDP youth activist in Ankara by group posing as plainclothes police
FEARS have been raised over the safety of a Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) youth activist who was allegedly kidnapped in the Turkish capital Ankara in broad daylight on Wednesday.
Ezgi Orak was bundled into the back of a vehicle by three men and a woman posing as plainclothes police officers and taken to an undisclosed location.
Two people with her when she was abducted claim they they were beaten and attacked by the kidnappers.
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