Former HDP Urfa MP Ibrahim Binici arrested
Former HDP Urfa MP Ibrahim Binici has been arrested.
Former HDP Urfa MP Ibrahim Binici has been arrested.
Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) former Urfa MP Ibrahim Binici was arrested at his home and taken to the Çankaya District Police Department. The former MP, whose statement was taken at the police station, was arrested and taken to Sincan Prison after his 1 year and 18 months prison sentence was finalized by the Urfa 4th High Criminal Court, where he was tried because of a speech he made in Viranşehir within the scope of political party activities.
The prison sentence given to Binici in 2020 on the charge of "propaganda for a terrorist organization" went to the Supreme Court upon appeal, which upheld the prison sentence in December 2022. Binici was arrested after the decision of approval given by the Supreme Court.
Binici was released on 26 June 2021, after 9 months of detention in the Kobanê Case.