HDP deputy Ayhan Bilgen released

Ayhan Bilgen, a Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) lawmaker for the eastern province of Kars, was released on Sept. 8, nine months after he was arrested as a part of a terror investigation. 

Bilgen was detained early on Jan. 29 in the Esenboğa Airport in Ankara and taken to the southeastern province of Diyarbakır. 

He was referred to court, with the prosecutor demanding his arrest for "being a member of an armed terrorist organization," but was released on condition of judicial control that included an overseas travel ban.

Bilgen, however, was detained in Diyarbakır again on Jan. 30 before being formally arrested on Jan. 31.