Yadişen Karabulak, the former co-chair of the HDP provincial association in Van, has been sentenced to seven and a half years in prison for alleged “membership of a terrorist organization”. Karabulak attended the hearing, which was held in the 5th Heavy Penal Court, via videoconferencing system from the T Type Prison in Van.

The politician had been arrested on September 10, 2019, as part of the political campaign of annihilation against the Kurdish opposition and had been imprisoned on terror charges. On February 10, she was released from prison but she was arrested again only two days later.

Earlier today, Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) MP for Amed (Diyarbakır), Remziye Tosun was sentenced to 10 years in prison for alleged “membership of a terrorist organization”.