By Orhan
ERZURUM, Turkey
A court in northeastern Agri province sentenced opposition Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) co-leader Selahattin Demirtas to five months in jail on the charge of insulting the Turkish nation and state institutions, a judicial source said Tuesday.
According to the Dogubayazit Second Regional Court’s order, the HDP leader faces jail time for “insulting
Earlier Tuesday, Opposition Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) co-leader
Ayse Nur Bahcekapali, the parliament’s deputy chief, said the HDP co-leader had become ineligible for her parliamentary seat after the court upheld the sentence in accordance with Articles 76 and 84 of the country’s Constitution.
More than a dozen HDP deputies were arrested on terrorism-related charges in November 2016. Ten of them, including
Turkey’s government accuses the HDP of being linked to the PKK, which is listed as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the U.S., and the EU.
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