Mayor in Turkey convicted for supporting PKK Print E-mail
Written by Anti-Terror Group   
Thursday, 20 November 2008
A mayor of a southeastern province of Turkey was sentenced Thursday to 15 months imprisonment for urging support for the PKK terrorists in an interview with a French news channel last year. The court in Diyarbakir convicted Ahmet Ertak, the mayor of Sirnak and a member of Turkey's pro-Kurdish Democratic Society party (DTP), under a provision penalizing diffusing propaganda for the terror organization PKK.In the 2007 interview with France-24, Ertak had said the PKK, which carries out attacks on Turkish soldiers, as well as civilians in Turkey "should be supported as the PKK supported the Kurdish people."His lawyer said they would appeal the sentence.

The PKK is listed as a terrorist group by Ankara and much of the international community, including the EU and the United States.
 
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