Türkiye: Kurdish mayor convicted of terrorism

(ANSA) – ISTANBUL, JUNE 05 – Mehmet Siddik Akis, mayor elected with the pro-Kurdish Dem celebration in Hakkari, within the south-east of Turkey, was sentenced to 19 years and 6 months in jail for terrorism. This was reported by Cumhuriyet, making it identified that Akis, 53 years previous and elected mayor within the March 31 native elections, was discovered responsible of being “a member of an armed terrorist group” and of getting carried out terrorist propaganda by a court docket in Hakkari, town the place he was elected, which is close to the border with Iraq and never removed from the Syrian border. Akis was arrested yesterday whereas on Sunday he was changed with an administrator appointed by the Inside Ministry. The choice was instantly contested by the native inhabitants and the Inside Ministry banned public demonstrations in assist of Akis. Nevertheless, Dem politicians held sit-ins in some cities in south-eastern Turkey whereas, yesterday, a protest in parliament by deputies of the pro-Kurdish celebration become a brawl involving politicians from President Recep’s ruling AKP celebration Tayyip Erdogan. (HANDLE).