Co-mayor of Cizre sentenced to six years in prison
The Turkish regime’s political genocide against the Kurdish people continues unabated.
The Turkish regime’s political genocide against the Kurdish people continues unabated.
The hearing in the so-called “KCK Cizre trial” was held at the 5th Heavy Penal Court of Malatya on Wednesday. 79 people stand trial in the lawsuit, among them several politicians including Cizre co-mayor Mehmet Zırığ.
HDP-run Cizre District Municipality in the province of Şırnak was seized by the AKP-MHP government on 29 October 2019 after the removal of elected co-mayor Mehmet Zırığ who was then replaced by a state-appointed trustee.
Not the defendants but lawyers attended the hearing via the video-conferencing system SEGBIS.
The court sentenced 67 of the defendants to prison terms between 6 and 10 years for alleged “membership to an illegal organization”. Co-mayor Mehmet Zırığ was also sentenced to 6 years and 3 months in prison with the same accusation. 11 other defendants were acquitted.