DIYARBAKIR, Northern Kurdistan, — The trail of 151 Kurdish politicians is due tomorrow in Diyarbakir’s 6th High Criminal Court.
Over 1,500 Kurdish politicians were arrested and detained in operations carried out in the provinces of Diyarbakir, Siirt, Şanlıurfa, Mardin, Şırnak, Batman, İstanbul and İzmir as part of an investigation launched by the Diyarbakir Public Prosecutor’s Office against the KCK (Kurdistan Democratic Confederation).
A total of 151 suspects stands trail tomorrow, 104 of whom prosecutors are demanding sentences varying from 15 years’ to life imprisonment. 28 executives of abolished Democratic Society Party (DTP), 12 mayors, including Diyarbakır Mayor Osman Baydemir, two provincial council heads and two municipal council members are among the defendants.
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