The chief prosecutor in the southeastern province of Diyarbakir has filed three separate lawsuits against Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) deputies Leyla Zana and Nursel Aydoğan and independent deputy Aysel Tuğluk.
The prosecutor demanded 45 years in prison for Zana, 72 years in prison for Diyarbakir deputy Aydoğan and 33 years in prison for Van deputy Aysel Tuğluk.
They will be tried in the coming days for the charges of “making propaganda for an outlawed organization,” “contravening the Law of Assembly and Demonstration” and “committing a crime in the name of an outlawed organization without being its member.”
The deputies stand accused of the charges numerous times, including for speeches they gave prior to the June 12 elections. Tuğluk, meanwhile, will also be tried for her participation in the funeral ceremony of a member of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in Diyarbakir’s Ergani district.