“Peace Mother” sentenced to 6 years in prison

“Peace Mother” sentenced to 6 years in prison

A Turkish court sentenced 61 year old “Peace Mother” Sultan Acibuca to 6 years and 3 months in prison for her speech at 8 March World Women’s Day celebrations in Izmir.

Izmir 10th High Criminal Court handed down the prison sentence to Acibuca on the grounds of being a member of Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) according to article 5 of the Anti-Terror Law.

The only evidence against Acibuca was her speech at World Women’s Day celebrations in Izmir.

In her speech Acibuca’s called PKK and Turkish Army to lay down arms and end the 30 year of armed conflict.

Her last words were “Enough is enough! We don’t want war”.