Prison sentence requested for Kurdish politician Leyla Zana

Prison sentence was requested for Kurdish politician Leyla Zana at the hearing held in Ankara on Thursday.

The fourth hearing of the case filed against Leyla Zana on the charge of "making propaganda for a terrorist organization" was held at Ankara 27th High Criminal Court on Thursday.

Leyla Zana attended the hearing with her lawyer from Silvan Courthouse via Audio Video Information System (SEGBİS).

The Turkish judiciary filed a lawsuit against Leyla Zana's four speeches and three social media posts during the election campaign in 2014-15, accusing her of "propaganda for a terrorist organization".

At a previous hearing, the prosecutor said that she should be sentenced for "being a member of a terrorist organization".

While the prosecutor repeated the same opinion in the fourth hearing, Leyla Zana's lawyer, İbrahim Çeliker, requested time to counter it.

The court accepted the request and set the next hearing for 2 July.