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Writer Nurcan Kaya given deferred prison sentence for 2014 tweet

Writer Nurcan Kaya given deferred prison sentence for 2014 tweet

Kaya has been convicted of "propagandizing for an illegal organization" because of a tweet about the battle against ISIS in a Kurdish town in Syria.

27 September 2021

Writer Nurcan Kaya faces up to 5 years in prison over a tweet

Writer Nurcan Kaya faces up to 5 years in prison over a tweet

Human rights defender and writer Nurcan Kaya is facing up to 5 years in prison over her tweet from 2014, where she said, “Not only Kurds but all people residing in Kobane are in resistance. Democrat Arabs are also resisting…”