21 Kurds sentenced to 21 years for a petition
21 Kurds sentenced to 21 years for a petition
21 people were sentenced to 21 years imprisonment for "terrorist propaganda by signing under the campaign Mr Öcalan is my political will on 5 April 2006 in Varto, a district of Mus province.
The case in Van 4. High Criminal Court against 21 people has resulted yesterday. At the trial, defendants Abdulnasýr Taþ, Bülent Çatak, Þengül Çatak, Metin Catak, Bülent Aðlar, Kaya Akkoyun, Abdulselam Han, Haným Han, Ceyhan Han, Zübeyde Sever, Zahide Catak, Haným Catak, Güler Catak, Nakip Gümgüm, Yeter Gümgüm, Ferhat Gümgüm, Muzeyyen Þahin, Haným Karataþ, Mihriban Karataþ, Vedat Han and Fevziye Karataþ were sentenced to one year imprisonment and 429 thousand 70 TL penalty fine for legal expenses.
They signed a petition in 2006 saying that Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan is the representative of Kurdish people.
More thatn three million Kurds signed the petition and represented it to Turkish officials.
The case in Van 4. High Criminal Court against 21 people has resulted yesterday. At the trial, defendants Abdulnasýr Taþ, Bülent Çatak, Þengül Çatak, Metin Catak, Bülent Aðlar, Kaya Akkoyun, Abdulselam Han, Haným Han, Ceyhan Han, Zübeyde Sever, Zahide Catak, Haným Catak, Güler Catak, Nakip Gümgüm, Yeter Gümgüm, Ferhat Gümgüm, Muzeyyen Þahin, Haným Karataþ, Mihriban Karataþ, Vedat Han and Fevziye Karataþ were sentenced to one year imprisonment and 429 thousand 70 TL penalty fine for legal expenses.
They signed a petition in 2006 saying that Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan is the representative of Kurdish people.
More thatn three million Kurds signed the petition and represented it to Turkish officials.
