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The Court of Cassation has revoked the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) İstanbul chair Canan Kaftancıoğlu's party membership today (June 14).
Kaftancıoğlu was sentenced to 4 years and 11 months imprisonment and a political ban was also imposed against her on May 12.
On May 31 Kaftancıoğlu was sent to Silivri Prison in İstanbul but very soon released to serve her sentence on probation.
Kaftancıoğlu's CHP İstanbul Provincial Presidency will drop when the execution process is completed.
CHP leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu said previously, "We do not recognize the political ban imposed on Canan Kaftancıoğlu, we do not accept the court's decision. Canan Kaftancıoğlu is the head of the İstanbul Branch. Period."
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"Their fears won't be of any use"
After the court's ruling Kaftancıoğlu made a statement on Twitter and stated the following:
"The CHP is a party that was founded not in law offices, but on the battlefields with the spirit of the Kuva-yi Milliye. Membership of the Republican People's Party is a work of faith, a work of heart, a work of labor.
That belief, that heart, that effort is with us, the rest is details...
What did we say? Their fears won't be of any use!"
CHP hukuk bürolarında değil Kuvayi Milliye ruhuyla savaş meydanlarında kurulmuş bir partidir. Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi üyeliği inanç işidir, yürek işidir, emek işidir.
— Canan Kaftancıoğlu (@Canan_Kaftanci) June 14, 2022
O inanç, o yürek, o emek bizde oldukça gerisi teferruattır…
Ne demiştik? Korkularının ecele faydası olmayacak!
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What happened?The Court of Cassation has handed down its judgment about the prison sentence given to Canan Kaftancıoğlu, the İstanbul provincial chair of the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP). The court upheld three of the five sentences given to Kaftancıoğlu because of her social media posts, including some from 10 years ago. The total duration of the upheld sentences is 4 years and 11 months. In September 2019, the politician was sentenced to a total of 9 years and 8 months in prison on charges of "propagandizing for a terrorist organization," "insulting a public official," "insulting the president," openly degrading the state of the Republic of Turkey, " and "inciting people to animosity and hatred." An appeals court upheld the sentences in June 2020. The Court of Cassation upheld the sentences of 1 year, 6 months and 20 day for "insulting a public official" and "openly degrading the state of the Republic of Turkey." It also upheld the sentence for "insulting the president" but changed its duration from 2 years and 4 months to 1 year and 9 months. It overturned the sentence of 1 year and 6 months for "propagandizing for a terrorist organization" and of 2 years and 8 months for "inciting the people to animosity and hatred. The court also imposed a political ban on Kaftacıoğlu |
(HA/TB)
