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Turkish court sentenced Kurdish artist
Ferhat Tunç to two years prison
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Popular Kurdish singer Ferhat Tunc
sentenced to two-year in prison. Tunç convicted of
“making propaganda for Maoist Communist Party
organization” in a speech he made in Dersim on 1 May
2011. Photo: AA
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June 27, 2012
MALATYA, Turkey, — Kurdish artist Ferhat
Tunç was sentenced to two years in prison by
Specially Authorized Malatya 3rd High Criminal
Court. Tunç was convicted of “making propaganda for
MKP (Maoist Communist Party) organization” in a
speech he made in Dersim on 1 May 2011, ANF news
agency reported.
The trial in Malatya on Wednesday was attended by
Tunç himself as well as his lawyers Ercan Kanar and
Barış Yıldırım. People’s Democratic Congress (HDK)
Executive Council member Tunç, despite his objection
to accusations put forward against him, was
sentenced to prison in accordance with Article 7 of
the Anti-Terror Law.
Evaluating the court verdict in a statement to ANF,
Tunç’s lawyer Ercan Kanar said that; “We consider
this verdict as a practice of the disregard of
universal law principles by specially authorized
courts. This verdict is an example of the threat and
danger on rights and freedoms.” Lawyer Kanar added
that they will go for an appeal against the court
decision.
Ferhat Tunç evaluated the judgment as a practice of
“mentality of law of war” and said that he thinks
the decision is political. “They are trying to teach
a lesson to our stance and situation in the social
struggle. However, they are wrong if they think they
will be able to intimidate us from the struggle for
humanity and freedom by giving two years prison
sentence.”
Tunç also called attention to a contradiction put
forward as the ground of the court decision; “The
accusation claims that I made propaganda for MKP,www.ekurd.net
regardless of the fact that I boycotted against MKP
and participated in the former elections as an
independent candidate. Even this accusation itself
reveals the seriousness of this judgment.”
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