Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) Women's Assembly Spokesperson and MP for Siirt, Besime Konca had been jailed on December 13, 2016 and released on May 3, 2017 after a hearing at Batman 2nd Heavy Penal Court. Following her release, Batman 3rd Heavy Penal Court had issued an arrest warrant for her after approving an appeal against her release. Konca was therewith detained and then jailed once again on May 29, 26 days after her release from prison.

The fifth hearing in the case against Konca, who is accused of “spreading terrorist propaganda” for participation in the funeral in Batman of Cihat Türkan who died in Amed's Sur district, was held at Batman 2nd Heavy Penal Court yesterday. Konca attended the hearing where lawyers from Amed and Batman Bar Associations were present. HDP Batman MP Ayşe Acar Başaran, HDP, DBP, DTK and Peace Mothers Assemly administrators also monitored the hearing.

The hearing started with the reading of the indictment and went on with the lawyers defence, of whom attorney Bayram Aslan stated that their client Konca has been imprisoned unlawfully in a politically motivated judgement. Aslan repeated his previous statements once more and demanded the release of his client. Speaking after, attorney Kübra Demir stated that they wanted to withdraw from the case which -she said- has gone into the history of Turkey's lawlessness.

Following the withdrawal of the lawyers from the case upon the court's rejection of their demand for additional time as to the accusations, lawyers from Amed Bar Association applied to the court to get involved but this demand was not responded either.

In the wake of the defense by Konca and the lawyers, the court ruled a prison sentence of two years and six months for the HDP deputy for allegedly “spreading propaganda for a terrorist organization”, and continuation of her imprisonment.

On hearing the judgement, Konca said:" First you are asking us to tell our point of view, but you totally disregard anything we say. Therefore one cannot speak of justice. Decisions made in advance are just being read out here. There are unidentified graves in Istanbul, which belong to the executioners of the Ottoman era. You have turned justice into unidentified graves. As elected politicians, we will continue our struggle."