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Prison Sentence for "Propaganda in Kurdish"

KURDISH INITIATIVE AND THE RIGHT TO KURDISH POLITICS

Prison Sentence for "Propaganda in Kurdish"

DTP Karabağlar Municipality Mayor candidate Coşgun and Gaziemir candidate Seyhan were convicted in Izmir for addressing voters in Kurdish prior to the elections on 29 March this year. They were each handed a 6 months prison sentence. Cosgun said, "If a democratic constitution is being issued, this case is dropped anyways".

10 November 2009 Erol Önderoğlu