TURKEY’S PRO-KURDISH PARTY MP SENTENCED TO 8 YEARS IN JAIL
PanARMENIAN.Net
September 18, 2012 – 14:04 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net – Turkey’s Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) MP Sebahat
Tuncel has been sentenced to eight years and nine months in prison
for being a member of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK),
Hurriyet Daily News reported.
Tuncel was detained and released in 2007 when she was elected as
a deputy while the court case was still proceeding. If the Supreme
Court of Appeals approves the sentence, Tuncel will be stripped of
her deputy mandate.
Tuncel has also been banned from leaving the country.