Gaziantep Regional Court approved the 16-year and 8-month imprisonment sentence against People’s Democratic Party (HDP) Diyarbakır MP İdris Baluken.
Diyarbakır 8th Assize Court sentenced Baluken to 7 years and six months of imprisonment due to ‘armed terrorist organization membership’, to 4 years and seven months of imprisonment four times due to ‘making terrorist organization propaganda’ as well as to 4 years and 7 months of imprisonment sentence four times due to ‘violating the Law on Meetings and Demonstrations.’ With the approval of the Court of Appeals, the 9-year and two months of imprisonment sentence against the MP issued due to ‘making illegal organization propaganda’ and ‘violating the Law on Meetings and Demonstrations’ was finalized. Following the finalization of his sentence, Baluken won’t be able to be a candidate in the June 24 elections. He was the first-rank candidate of HDP from Batman.
24.05.2018
hurriyet.com.tr