Kurdish people see Öcalan as a leader, say Buldan MP
Kurdish people see Öcalan as a leader, say Buldan MP
BDP’s deputy group chair Pervin Buldan told a press conference in Parliament: “We, the Kurdish people, have always seen Öcalan as a leader”.
Buldan made the remarks in comments on an Appeals Court ruling, which said that calling Öcalan “sayýn” (Turkish for “mister”) cannot be considered a crime and should be seen within the scope of free speech.
The Supreme Court of Appeals has overturned a ruling sentencing two Kurdish politicians to prison terms for referring to Öcalan as “sayýn”. The court referred both to the Turkish Constitution and the European Convention on Human Rights to justify its decision, arguing the act in question fell within the boundaries of the freedom of speech and thus repudiating the Ankara court that had sentenced the suspects to six months in prison each.
“Instead of provoking the PKK people in the mountains, - said Buldan - you are supposed to find ways of bringing them down.If millions of people in Turkey have declared Öcalan as their leader, this reality must be acknowledged”.
Buldan made the remarks in comments on an Appeals Court ruling, which said that calling Öcalan “sayýn” (Turkish for “mister”) cannot be considered a crime and should be seen within the scope of free speech.
The Supreme Court of Appeals has overturned a ruling sentencing two Kurdish politicians to prison terms for referring to Öcalan as “sayýn”. The court referred both to the Turkish Constitution and the European Convention on Human Rights to justify its decision, arguing the act in question fell within the boundaries of the freedom of speech and thus repudiating the Ankara court that had sentenced the suspects to six months in prison each.
“Instead of provoking the PKK people in the mountains, - said Buldan - you are supposed to find ways of bringing them down.If millions of people in Turkey have declared Öcalan as their leader, this reality must be acknowledged”.
