Education-Labour Union Founder and Chairman Veli Demir was sentenced to six months of imprisonment due to “denigrating the Republic of Turkey” through his press statement on July 15 coup attempt. “As education workers of the Republic of Atatürk supporting full independence, democracy and freedom, we reprimand and react against this coup attempt as well as these incidents that lack logic and common sense. Those governing the country with forward democracy speeches, take your coup organiser partners and leave here,” Demir had stated. The court considered these statements as a crime element and deferred the announcement of the imprisonment sentence.
25.07.2019
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