Turkey sentences ex-MP of pro-Kurdish party to 10 yrs imprisonment

The Diyarbakir court ruled that Zana had violated the penal code and the anti-terror law in nine different speeches, when she expressed support for the terror organization PKK and its jailed leader Abdullah Ocalan.Â

Zana was present to hear the verdict handed down in court in the southeastern province of Diyarbakir, the Anatolian Agency reported.

Her lawyer Cabar Leygara told reporters they would appeal the sentence.

Zana lost her seat in parliament in 1994 after her party was outlawed for links with the PKK.

 

She was released in June 2004 after serving a previous 10-year sentence for collaborating with PKK terrorists.

 

The PKK is listed as a terrorist group by Ankara and much of the international community, including the EU and the United States.