ANKARA: Turkish police detained more than 100 pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) officials on Monday over alleged links to Kurdish militants in a country-wide operation, state media reported.

The early-morning raids saw 118 HDP officials rounded up on suspicion of belonging to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) or producing propaganda for the group, state news agency Anadolu said.

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