Kurdish deputy sentenced to 14.5 years in prison
 
 
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Kurdish deputy sentenced to 14.5 years in prison

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Aysel Tuğluk, an independent pro-Kurdish deputy from Van, speaking to press in Diyarbakır on May 7, 2011. (Photo: AA)
12 June 2012 /TODAY'S ZAMAN
Independent Van deputy Aysel Tuğluk was sentenced to 14.5 years in prison on charges of “making propaganda for a terrorist organization” and “engaging in crimes on behalf of a terrorist organization.”

Tuğluk, who is awaiting trial, was not present at the hearing held at the Diyarbakır 4th High Criminal Court on Tuesday when the verdict was issued in front of her lawyers Fethi Gümüş and Sedat Yurttaş.

The public prosecutor expressed his legal opinion during the hearing and demanded the court punish Tuğluk.

Gümüş demanded the dismissal of the case against Tuğluk, claiming that the charges do not constitute any crime.

The court handed a 14.5-year prison sentence to Tuğluk, citing Article 7/2 of the Counterterrorism Law (TMK) on “making propaganda for a terrorist organization” and Article 314/3 of the Turkish Penal Code (TCK) on “engaging in crimes on behalf of a terrorist organization,” the Anatolia news agency reported on Tuesday.
 
COMMENTS
the Kurdish movement in Turkey will not stop until a sustainable politicle solution to the problem is found ...arresting' killing' will not defeat our struggle ' turkish regem must understand this reality . Kurdish problem was the result of the undemocratic system in Turkey .History proved Occupie...
narin berwari _Duhok
first she is a member of freedom fighter secound those freedom fighter people are representive 23 million kurd in kurdistan turky . those kind of turkish behave aginist kurd make kurd are more and more stronger and join pkk to force turky to give this land back to kurdish people and leave as alone ...
ali marof
She is authorized as an elected politician to express the views of her constituents.She should not be punished with jail time for what she says and thinks, especially because she is a Kurdish and happen to represents the people who voted in her favor are also Kurdish. She can't run from her self, le...
equal
For chronicle the Apology message to Sherman was not written by me, whoever knows Sherman's style would easily recognize it was written by him with my name. I never use words such as "hillbillies" that is used in Zaman comments only by General sherman, as are commoned by him Armenians, Kurds and Gre...
Araratian
over 6000 Kurdish politicians are in prison, and you call Turkey a democracy?! Turkey is a joke. Turkey is worst than Syria! UN should intervene in TURKEY NOW!
Kurdistan
Kurds must form revolutionery court to Judge those Judges who setence Kurds to jail ...The Judgement must be swift and subject to no appeal.Killing Soldiers must stop...Soldiers are innocent, but Judges must be made to pay....Know your enemy Kardokhi
Abu Muslem
Well ....... if an elected deputy, a member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, cannot express her views, what chance has the ordinary citizen got? Turks need to learn the truth for truth will set them free! It is in Turks best interests to pack up and get out of Kurdistan -sooner rather than ...
Baran
Poor General Sherman even Ergenekon expelled you!
Araratian
Time to take your meds again GENERAL SHERMAN. It isn't what you say, but how you say it.
Me
It is time to train Turkish judiciary, Turkish judges, Turkish politicians, Turkish media and a large section of Turkish nation about how to dispense justice, how to adjudicate, how engage in dialogue with opponents from different ethnic groups, how to be objective and balanced and how to respect hu...
David Palch
Just so everybody knows, the comment by my handle at 12 June 2012 , 16:49 was not written by me. Unlike kurds, greeks, and armenians who live in the US or Europe, neither I nor any of my friends or friendly have ever used welfare (and I remember reading during the Clinton administration that welfar...
GeneralSherman
I apologize to General Sherman. That message that appears by his name at 12 June 2012 at 16:49 was actually written by me. It was just armenian childishness on my part. He is actually a gainfully employed citizen of the United States and New Jersey with a Ph.D and the extraordinary amount of fede...
Araratian
Turkey, a free thinking person's hell on earth...Congratulations and a whole bunch of sincere thanks Mr. Erdogan! Regards
Thessalonian
There is no Freedom of Speech in Turkey. The fascists who control the Courts see to that. Utterly appalling.
Christoph
"Baris, nobody cares what you think". You seem to, GeneralSherman, judging from the number of times you reply to my comments.
Baris
This is because of TMK and its antidemocratic articles like "engaging in crimes on behalf of a terrorist organization". You are not a member of terrorist organization but you are judged as if you are. It is violation of free speech. No speech can be punished like this except ordering/managing terror...
Samet
I am more concernred with the free education and all the social wellfare I get from my country were I like (in the West). All I have to do in return is to write hate messages against my new host country and dream about my old home country to which I have contributed nothing. And for that I get even ...
General Sherman
Delér, it's definitely more democratic than whatever c. esspool you hail from. She's getting that for being a terrorist, not for "holding a speech". There are people in Guantanamo Bay for doing a lot less. I don't see you complaining to the Americans.
GeneralSherman
Baris, nobody cares what you think. The fact that you allow Iranian/Syrian/Iraqi kurds who have never set foot in or have anything to do with Turkiye, to talk about Turkiye in these comments sections without a retort show how questionable your judgement is.
GeneralSherman
dario, no freedom of speech is banned unlike in northern iraq when you try to speak up against kurdish terrorism. We don't care if the kurds trust the state. They have no reason to have ever mistrusted it so we look at them as ridiculous children who are either lying or have no idea what they're d...
GeneralSherman
Wow, Speeches! Helding a speech could give you 14,5 years in prison. What a democratic country Turkey is!
Delér
This is not helping. The sooner the anti-terror laws are lifted, or modified, the better.
Baris
you can introduce Kurdish classes and ban freedom of speech..and expect kurds to trust state and leave arm struggle!!! get real turks, Kurds are becoming states in iraq and syria..
dario
Leyla Zana should be candidate for Nobel Prize! It is a shame to sentence her for speeches... what a dangerous guilt!
Araratian
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