HDP MP Konca Sentenced to Prison
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Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Siirt MP Besime Konca has been sentenced to 2.5 years in prison on charges of “being a member of an armed organization” and “propagandizing for a terror organization.
What happened?
Konca was arrested on December 13, 2016 as part of the investigation carried out by Batman Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office.
She was jailed pending trial on charges of “being a member of an armed organization” and “propagandizing for a terror organization.
She was released by being imposed travel ban in the hearing held on May 3 but the prosecution objected to the decision.
Assessing the decision, Batman 3rd Heavy Penal Court issued a detention warrant for Konca on May 8.
Konca was detained in Batman on May 29, 2017. Standing trial again, Konca was re-arrested.
Who is Besime Konca?
Born in Maraş in 1970, she graduated from Samsun 19 Mayıs high school. She stayed in prison over political crimes between 1993 and 2004 for 11 years. She was arrested as part of KCK Main Case Operations in 2009, and released in 2014.
She worked at Free Women Congress Foundation for some time.
Konca was elected HDP Siirt MP in 2015.
11 imprisoned HDP MPs |
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Selahattin Demirtaş - HDP Co-Chair Figen Yüksekdağ - HDP Co-Chair (She was relieved of her MP duties on February 21, 2017) İdris Baluken - Diyarbakır MP Selma Irmak - Hakkari MP Gülser Yıldırım - Mardin MP Ferhat Encü - Şırnak MP Abdullah Zeydan - Hakkari MP Ayhan Bilgen - Kars MP Çağlar Demirel - Diyarbakır MP Burcu Çelik - Muş MP Besime Konca - Siirt MP |
(YY/TK)