Euronews: Grup Yorum Band Members Seek Asylum in France

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Grup Yorum band members Selma and İnan Altın have declared that they applied to France for Asylum, France-based news site Euronews has reported.

Speaking to Euronews, Selma and İnan Altın said that they will give the detailed information as to when they sought asylum in a press conference they will hold in France’s capital Paris.

They are on the “grey list”

Grup Yorum band members are on the “wanted due to terrorist activities” list on the ground that they are members of the DHKP-C. The Ministry of Interior had declared that anyone helping the members be captured would be granted 300 thousand TL.

11 members of the group consisting of 18 people are behind bars. Selma-İnan Altın and four members of the group are on the “wanted” list, and one other band member was released after being kept in prison for a while. (PT/TK)