Source: TODAY’S ZAMAN
Former Kurdish deputy Leyla Zana has recommended that sweeping changes be made to Turkey’s Constitution, saying that the current one, drafted during military rule in 1982, is the source of many problems that deprive Turks and Kurds in the country of their freedoms.
“I believe it is the Constitution that was drafted by generals [...]
Urge Turkey to abolish article 301 in which Leyla Zana was indicted under.
Amnesty International is extremely concerned with the frequent use of Article 301 of the Turkish Penal Code (TPC) to prosecute human rights defenders, journalists and other members of civil society peacefully expressing their dissenting opinion. Article 301, on the denigration of Turkishness, the [...]
European Turkey Civic Commission (EUTCC)
11 April 2008
EUTCC press release: Kurdish spokesperson Leyla Zana convicted to two years in prison
Leyla Zana, a well know political spokesperson for the Kurds in Turkey has been sentenced to two years imprisonment by a Turkish Court in the southeastern city of Diyarbakir. The court’s judgment said she violated Article 7/2 [...]
