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Boy, 17, sentenced to 10 years in Turkish
prison for alleged membership to PKK
2.6.2012 |
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The boy was sent to Osmaniye
prison and fined 6 thousand euro.
June 2, 2012
MERSIN, — Seventeen years old B.Y. was
sentenced to ten years in prison for alleged
“membership of a terror organization”, on the basis
of evidences consisting of secret witness
testimonies and internet print outs, . Mersin 1st
Juvenile Court, not reprieving the prison sentence,
imposed a pecuniary penalty of 12000 TL on the
minor, Firat news agency ANF reported.
The seventeen year old boy in Mersin is the most
recent victim of secret witness testimonies that
have no legal ground and are commonly put forward as
evidence in unlawful arrests. Eruh/Siirt registered
B.Y., who lives in Mersin with his family, was taken
into custody as a result of police raid in their
house on 11 December 2011. Forty years in prison was
asked for the minor who was arrested and sent to
prison soon after his detention.
“Opposing the law on meetings and demonstrations”,
“staging action on behalf of an illegal
organization”, “resisting to police officers”,
“making propaganda for an illegal organization”,www.ekurd.net
“membership of an illegal organization” and “keeping
explosive substance” are the accusations directed
against the seventeen year old boy who denied the
accusations and demanded to be released in the
recent trial of the case against him.
Ignoring the statements of the minor, the court
board accepted secret witness testimonies, internet
print outs and police officers testimonies as
evidences and sentenced the boy to ten years in
prison. The accused boy who was also imposed a
pecuniary penalty of 12000 TL (around 6 thousand
euro) was sent to Osmaniye prison.
The PKK has several times proposed peaceful solutions regarding Kurdish problem,
Turkey has always refused saying that it will not negotiate with “terrorists”.
Since it was established in 1984, the PKK has been
fighting the Turkish state, which still denies the
constitutional existence of Kurds, to establish a
Kurdish state in the south east of the country, sparking a conflict that has claimed some 45,000
lives.
But now its aim is the creation an autonomous
Kurdish region
and more cultural rights for ethnic Kurds who
constitute the greatest minority in Turkey,
numbering more than 20 million. A large Turkey's
Kurdish community openly sympathise with the Kurdish PKK rebels.
PKK's demands included releasing PKK detainees,
lifting the ban on education in Kurdish, paving the
way for an autonomous democrat Kurdish system within
Turkey, reducing pressure on the detained PKK leader
Abdullah Öcalan, stopping military action against
the Kurdish party and recomposing the Turkish
constitution.
Turkey refuses to recognize its Kurdish population
as a distinct minority. It has allowed some cultural
rights such as limited broadcasts in the Kurdish
language and private Kurdish language courses with
the prodding of the European Union, but Kurdish
politicians say the measures fall short of their
expectations.
The PKK is considered ass 'terrorist' organization by
Ankara and U.S. The PKK continues to be on the
blacklist list in EU despite court ruling which
overturned a decision
to place the Kurdish rebel group PKK and its
political wing on the European Union's terror list.
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