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DTP Member Demirtaş Appeals against Prison Sentence

DTP Member Demirtaş Appeals against Prison Sentence

Lawyer Cihan Aydın filed an appeal for his client Nurettin Demirtaş, former DTP leader. Demirtaş had received a 6 years and 3 months prison sentence because he had attended a funeral of PKK members. DTP member Sebahat Tuncel is also prosecuted under allegations of "membership of an illegal organization".

13 November 2009 Erol Önderoğlu

DTP Chair Demirtas Arrested by Military Court

Nurettin Demirtas, co-chair of the pro-Kurdish DTP, was arrested at the airport in Ankara on his return from Germany. The DTP has condemned the arrest.

19 December 2007 A. Nilüfer Zengin Kürkçü

DTP: Our Chairman Not Running Away

The DTP has denied that its co-chairperson Nurettin Demirtas is avoiding arrest; the party says he is abroad in order to explain "democratic autonomy".

28 November 2007 Tolga Korkut