TURKEY, — Systematic pressure of Turkish government on the Kurdish mayors and MPs are escalating in Northern Kurdistan, (Southeast Turkey).
Mr. Necdet Atalaye the mayor of Batman, a Kurdish city in southeast Turkey, was given 30 months imprisonments for saying “Mr” Ocalan, referring to Kurdish imprisoned leader, report said on Tuesday.
The mayor of Batman was given 30 months imprisonments because in his speech he refers to Abdullah Ocalan, the Kurdish imprisoned leader, as “Mr”. Ocalan.
Mr. Atalaye was arrested during the waves of the attacks on the Kurdish politicians and MPs in Turkey, known as KCK operation and his trail was held in the city of Diyarbakir.