Hatip Dicle appealed to the ECHR
Hatip Dicle appealed to the ECHR
Levent Kanat, lawyer of Hatip Dicle who was elected with about 80 thousand votes but stripped off of his mandate by the Supreme Election Board (YSK) on grounds of his imprisonment sentence and replaced by an AKP deputy in the Parliament at June 12 elections, has appealed to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR).
In his application, lawyer Kanat noted that Hatip Dicle was sentenced to 1 year 8 months imprisonment by Ankara 11th Heavy Penal Court pursuant to the article 7/2 of the Anti-Terror Law following an investigation which was launched by Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office after Hatip Dicle's statements to ANKA news agency on 23 October 2007.
Lawyer Levent Kanat’s letter of application said the followings;
“The applicant, an active politician who served as a political party president and deputy, from time to time made assessments about the Kurdish issue, which is one of the main problems of Turkey, developed solution suggestions on the subject and shared them with the public.
And he stayed in prison for more than 10 years because of the political struggle he gave for the solution to the Kurdish problem. The long-standing Kurdish problem in Turkey has always occupied the public agenda because it is a matter which also includes an armed conflict that ends the human life.
The organization PKK (Kurdistan Workers Party), one of the parties of this armed conflict, announced that it has suspended the armed conflict and declared a unilateral ceasefire in 2006. Within this process, many people made an effort for the continuation of the inertia environment and the media again started to show an interest in the subject when attacks were intensified much enough to end this inertia situation. Within this process, a reporter of Anka News Agency called the applicant on 23 October 2007 and asked him about his evaluations/opinions about the unilateral attacks in the process.
The applicant’s statement “…this ceasefire has become invalid. The PKK will use its legitimate right of defense unless the army does not stop the operations. Conflicts have come to this point in this way...” was judged at Ankara 11th High Criminal Court who sentenced him to 1 year and 8 months in prison.
The applicant demands the determination of the violations of the convention, amendment of the Turkish National Law legislation in accordance with the convention and the compensation of the financial and moral damages he suffered, trial fees and the attorney's fee.” (D.F.)
In his application, lawyer Kanat noted that Hatip Dicle was sentenced to 1 year 8 months imprisonment by Ankara 11th Heavy Penal Court pursuant to the article 7/2 of the Anti-Terror Law following an investigation which was launched by Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office after Hatip Dicle's statements to ANKA news agency on 23 October 2007.
Lawyer Levent Kanat’s letter of application said the followings;
“The applicant, an active politician who served as a political party president and deputy, from time to time made assessments about the Kurdish issue, which is one of the main problems of Turkey, developed solution suggestions on the subject and shared them with the public.
And he stayed in prison for more than 10 years because of the political struggle he gave for the solution to the Kurdish problem. The long-standing Kurdish problem in Turkey has always occupied the public agenda because it is a matter which also includes an armed conflict that ends the human life.
The organization PKK (Kurdistan Workers Party), one of the parties of this armed conflict, announced that it has suspended the armed conflict and declared a unilateral ceasefire in 2006. Within this process, many people made an effort for the continuation of the inertia environment and the media again started to show an interest in the subject when attacks were intensified much enough to end this inertia situation. Within this process, a reporter of Anka News Agency called the applicant on 23 October 2007 and asked him about his evaluations/opinions about the unilateral attacks in the process.
The applicant’s statement “…this ceasefire has become invalid. The PKK will use its legitimate right of defense unless the army does not stop the operations. Conflicts have come to this point in this way...” was judged at Ankara 11th High Criminal Court who sentenced him to 1 year and 8 months in prison.
The applicant demands the determination of the violations of the convention, amendment of the Turkish National Law legislation in accordance with the convention and the compensation of the financial and moral damages he suffered, trial fees and the attorney's fee.” (D.F.)
