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DIYARBAKIR MAYOR FACES 28 YEARS IN JAIL
Armenian Weekly
Wed, Nov 16 2011
Mayor Baydemir is facing up to 28 years behind bars on charges
of propaganda for a terrorist organization' in a new trial opened
against him.
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (BIA News Center)-Osman Baydemir, the Metropolitan
Mayor of Diyarbakir in south-eastern Turkey, is facing prison terms
of up to 28 years in a trial opened against him recently. Baydemir
is being tried under allegations of "committing a crime on behalf of
an illegal organization without being a member of that organization"
and of "making propaganda for an illegal organization."
Osman Baydemir The indictment was prepared by the Diyarbakir Public
Chief Prosecution and has been accepted by the Diyarbakir 7th High
Criminal Court. The indictment identified three activities Baydemir
participated in on three different dates as elements of crime: On
May 4, the mayor attended the funeral ceremony of four out of seven
killed members of the militant Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). (The
PKK members were likely killed in armed conflicts in the Pulumur
district of Dersim in April.) The indictment also states that Baydemir
"made propaganda for an illegal organization" during a protest action
against that incident organized by the Peace and Democracy Party
(BDP) on April 30.
According to the indictment, Baydemir also attended an event marking
the anniversary of the arrest of PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan in Kenya
and his transfer to Turkey. "It was understood that Baydemir committed
a crime by attending activities in line with calls for action from
the PKK and its illegal wings that aimed at staking Ocalan's claims
and at deepening and rooting his opinions and thoughts in society and
by walking in front of the picture of Ocalan," the indictment reads.
The indictment seeks prison terms of up to 28 years for Baydemir,
based on three counts of "propaganda for an illegal organization" in
three different incidents according to Article 7/2 of the Anti-Terror
Law (TMK); on charges of "committing a crime on behalf of an illegal
organization without being a member of that organization" as stipulated
in Article 314/2 of the Turkish Criminal Law (TCK); and on opposing
Law No. 2911 on Meetings and Demonstrations.
A date for the first hearing has not been set yet.
From: Baghdasarian
Armenian Weekly
Wed, Nov 16 2011
Mayor Baydemir is facing up to 28 years behind bars on charges
of propaganda for a terrorist organization' in a new trial opened
against him.
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (BIA News Center)-Osman Baydemir, the Metropolitan
Mayor of Diyarbakir in south-eastern Turkey, is facing prison terms
of up to 28 years in a trial opened against him recently. Baydemir
is being tried under allegations of "committing a crime on behalf of
an illegal organization without being a member of that organization"
and of "making propaganda for an illegal organization."
Osman Baydemir The indictment was prepared by the Diyarbakir Public
Chief Prosecution and has been accepted by the Diyarbakir 7th High
Criminal Court. The indictment identified three activities Baydemir
participated in on three different dates as elements of crime: On
May 4, the mayor attended the funeral ceremony of four out of seven
killed members of the militant Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). (The
PKK members were likely killed in armed conflicts in the Pulumur
district of Dersim in April.) The indictment also states that Baydemir
"made propaganda for an illegal organization" during a protest action
against that incident organized by the Peace and Democracy Party
(BDP) on April 30.
According to the indictment, Baydemir also attended an event marking
the anniversary of the arrest of PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan in Kenya
and his transfer to Turkey. "It was understood that Baydemir committed
a crime by attending activities in line with calls for action from
the PKK and its illegal wings that aimed at staking Ocalan's claims
and at deepening and rooting his opinions and thoughts in society and
by walking in front of the picture of Ocalan," the indictment reads.
The indictment seeks prison terms of up to 28 years for Baydemir,
based on three counts of "propaganda for an illegal organization" in
three different incidents according to Article 7/2 of the Anti-Terror
Law (TMK); on charges of "committing a crime on behalf of an illegal
organization without being a member of that organization" as stipulated
in Article 314/2 of the Turkish Criminal Law (TCK); and on opposing
Law No. 2911 on Meetings and Demonstrations.
A date for the first hearing has not been set yet.
From: Baghdasarian