RULING IN THE KCK TRIAL

Penalties rain down on Kurdish politicians

cumhuriyet.com.tr

The main KCK trial, with 154 defendants, has come to an end. In the proceedings, which have lasted eight years, DBP Co-Chair Kamuran Yüksek was handed down a 21-year jail term, while custodial sentences of 6 years and 3 months were imposed on remanded Diyarbakır Co-Mayor Fırat Anlı, former MP Demir Çelik and Selim Sadak, 9 years on DTK Co-Chair Hatip Dicle and 1 year and 3 months on Ahmet Türk.