Mayor Baydemir faces up to 28 years in prison
Mayor Baydemir faces up to 28 years in prison
Diyarbakýr Metropolitan Mayor Osman Baydemir faces up to 28 years in prison on charges of spreading propaganda for a terrorist organization and committing a crime on behalf of a terrorist organization without being a member of it.
The indictment says that "It has been confirmed that Baydemir on 4 May 2011 attended the funeral ceremonies held in Diyarbakýr for seven of four HPG members who lost their life in Kýzýlmescit village of Pülümür on 27-28 April 2011, made propaganda for the organization during the march organized by BDP on 30 April 2011 and attended the activity organized at the anniversary of PKK Leader Abdullah Öcalan’s being brought to Turkey”.
In connection with three separate articles of the Anti-terror Law, the indictment demanded up to 28 years imprisonment for Baydemir whose trial will begin at 7th High Criminal Court in the coming days.
The indictment says that "It has been confirmed that Baydemir on 4 May 2011 attended the funeral ceremonies held in Diyarbakýr for seven of four HPG members who lost their life in Kýzýlmescit village of Pülümür on 27-28 April 2011, made propaganda for the organization during the march organized by BDP on 30 April 2011 and attended the activity organized at the anniversary of PKK Leader Abdullah Öcalan’s being brought to Turkey”.
In connection with three separate articles of the Anti-terror Law, the indictment demanded up to 28 years imprisonment for Baydemir whose trial will begin at 7th High Criminal Court in the coming days.
