The Peace Mothers are a group advocating a peaceful solution to Turkey's Kurdish question. They wear white headscarves as a symbol of peace.

73-year-old Peace Mother Hayriye Türkekul stands trial for alleged “membership in the PKK”. The final hearing of the case against Türkekul was held at the 10th Heavy Penal Court in Diyarbakır on Friday. Türkekul and her lawyer Mehdi Özdemir attended the hearing.

The prosecution evaluated Türkekul’s participation in press briefings, demonstrations and activities as elements of a crime, citing her participation in a hunger strike action in solidarity with the then co-chair of the Democratic Society Congress (DTK), Leyla Güven, in 2019, and her membership in the Rosa Women’s Association, as evidence for her membership in the PKK.

Basing on the prosecution’s opinion, the court board sentenced the Peace Mother to 6 years and 3 months in prison.