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54 Pro-Kurdish Mayors Acquitted of "Propaganda" Charges

54 Pro-Kurdish Mayors Acquitted of "Propaganda" Charges

The Diyabakır 5th High Criminal Court acquitted the 54 mayors who were tried for calling the militant PKK the "Kurdish opposition". The mayors had been facing prison sentences but the court followed the final plead of the prosecution.

15 September 2010 Erol Önderoğlu