In the case against DEP Ex-Mp Hatip Dicle due to a speech he made, he was sentenced to 1 year and 8 months imprisonment with the allegation of making organization propaganda.
The decision hearing of the case, which was opened against DEP Ex-Mp Hatip Dicle due to his words Three million said Dear Öcalan is my willpower on 13 August 2009 in a meeting of BDP (Peace and Democracy Party) Bingöl Provincial Organization, has been conducted.
Dicle didnt join trial in Diyarbakýr 4. High Criminal Court, while his lawyer Feride Laçin appeared in the proceedings. At the trial, Laçin stated that the speech of her mandatory is the determination of realities and expression of his thoughts. Laçin said; We are of the opinion that the expression of my mandatory doesnt constitute a propaganda crime as it doesnt contain violence and demanded Dicles acquittal.
Following the defense, the court board sentenced Dicle to 2 years imprisonment for making organization propaganda. Considering Dicles good conduct, the court mitigated the penalty to 1 year 8 months.