content tagged with Leyla Zana

EP President: Zana being Relieved of MP Duties is Illegitimate

EP President: Zana being Relieved of MP Duties is Illegitimate

President of the European Parliament Tajani has described HDP MP Zana being relieved of MP duties as “unacceptable” and “illegitimate”.

16 January 2018

HDP’s Zana Relieved of MP Duties

HDP’s Zana Relieved of MP Duties

HDP Ağrı MP Leyla Zana has been relieved of her MP duties at parliamentary General Assembly due to absence. HDP MPs have left the General Assembly.

12 January 2018

Joint Committee Demands Zana Be Relieved of MP Duties

Joint Committee Demands Zana Be Relieved of MP Duties

The Joint Committee demanded that HDP Ağrı MP Zana be relieved of her MP duties. HDP MP Beştaş regarding the issue said, the reason behind the commission’s demand was not Zana’s absence but having replaced the expression of “the Nation of Turkey” by the “Turkish Nation” in her parliamentary oath.

21 November 2017

Lawsuit Demanding up to 21 Years in Prison Filed Against Leyla Zana

Lawsuit Demanding up to 21 Years in Prison Filed Against Leyla Zana

A lawsuit has been filed demanding up to 21 years in prison on three charges against HDP Ağrı MP Zana.

Detained HDP MP Zana Released

Detained HDP MP Zana Released

Detained HDP MP Leyla Zana has been released.

8 February 2017

Erdoğan’s Prerequisite to Meet Zana: Take Parliamentary Oath

Erdoğan’s Prerequisite to Meet Zana: Take Parliamentary Oath

President Erdoğan said regarding their meeting with Leyla Zana; “In case she intends to come to discuss the circumstances concerning Öcalan, she shall not come at all”.

29 January 2016

President Erdoğan, Leyla Zana Might Meet

President Erdoğan, Leyla Zana Might Meet

President Erdoğan said that he has received a request for meeting from HDP MP Zana, and that he might accept it.

22 January 2016

Baluken: Zana Acted Independently

Baluken: Zana Acted Independently

HDP Group Deputy Chairperson Baluken stating Leyla Zana acted independently from HDP group, said this matter shouldn’t be made a big deal about.

19 November 2015

Leyla Zana Begins Parliamentary Oath in Kurdish

Leyla Zana Begins Parliamentary Oath in Kurdish

Oath of Leyla Zana who started her speech saying “Aşiti” in oath-taking ceremony in the Assembly hasn’t been accepted.

17 November 2015

Female Deputies Enter Parliament in Trousers

Female Deputies Enter Parliament in Trousers

Deputies Leyla Zana and Sebahat Tuncel attended yesterday’s parliamentary session in trousers after the passing of a bill allowing female deputies to wear trousers in the parliament.

14 November 2013

“Everyone Should Partake in the Peace Process”

LEYLA ZANA ON TALKS WITH PM

“Everyone Should Partake in the Peace Process”

Independent Diyarbakır Deputy Leyla Zana held a press meeting in Parliament on Sunday following her talks with Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on the Kurdish issue. The veteran Kurdish politician’s earlier statement that PM Erdoğan could resolve the Kurdish issue had drawn sharp cricitism from various quarters within the Kurdish movement.

Case against Kurdish Politician Leyla Zana Retried

Case against Kurdish Politician Leyla Zana Retried

Kurdish politician Leyla Zana is at court again after the Court of Appeals had overruled a two-year prison sentence decreed by a local court. Zana is tried for calling Celal Talabani, Mesut Barzani and Abdullah Öcalan the "three leaders of the Kurdish people".

17 June 2010 Erol Önderoğlu

Another 3 Years in Jail for Leyla Zana

Another 3 Years in Jail for Leyla Zana

Former MP of the closed Democracy Party Leyla Zana was sentenced to three years' imprisonment under charges of "propaganda for a terror organization" on the grounds of calling PKK leader Öcalan the "Leader of the Kurdish People". Lawyer Gümüş stated to file an appeal.

9 April 2010 Erol Önderoğlu

1 Year 3 Months Imprisonment for Leyla Zana

Freedom of expression

1 Year 3 Months Imprisonment for Leyla Zana

A Diyarbakır court has sentenced politician Zana for "organisational propaganda".

28 July 2009 Erol Önderoğlu

“Freedom for Leyla Zana” Campaign Launched

A group of rights activists has started a campaign against the 10-year prison sentence handed down to Kurdish politician Leyla Zana.

17 March 2009 Erol Önderoğlu

Former Kurdish Parliamentarian Sentenced To Ten Years In Prison For Her Speeches

The court sentences Leyla Zana for the statements picked from nine of her speeches. She is accused of doing propaganda for the Kurdish Workers Party (PKK). The court deprived her of the right to elect and be elected.

5 December 2008

Leyla Zana Sentenced To Ten Years

Court sentences Leyla Zana, a member of the former Democracy Party (DEP), to ten years in prison and deprives her of the right to elect and elected.

4 December 2008