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Special Reports // 1 decade ago

Outlaw politicians face Turkish court

The leaders of a banned political party in Turkey appeared in court to defend allegations they were advocating terrorism in the country.

Special Reports // 1 decade ago

Pro-Kurdish leaders face Turkish court

Two former leaders of the outlawed pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party, or DTP, appeared before a Turkish court Thursday to answer official questions.

Special Reports // 1 decade ago

Ankara court summons Kurdish leaders

A criminal court in Ankara issued a summons for four members of an outlawed pro-Kurdish political party because of alleged links to a Kurdish terrorist group.

Special Reports // 1 decade ago

Kurdish lawmakers await word from Ocalan

Pro-Kurdish lawmakers in Turkey are awaiting direction from the imprisoned head of the militant Kurdistan Workers' Party on the leadership of their party.

World News // 1 decade ago

Turkish Kurds vow parliamentary boycott

Kurdish lawmakers say they will boycott Turkish Parliament to protest a court ruling banning the nation's main Kurdish party.

World News // 1 decade ago

Turkish court outlaws Kurdish party

Turkey's highest court Friday banned the largest Kurdish political party, ruling it promotes violence and has close ties to an outlawed nationalist group.

Aysel Tuğluk (born 17 July 1965, Elâzığ, Turkey), is a is a Zaza speaking Kurdish politician of the Democratic Society Party (DTP) in Turkey. She graduated in law from Istanbul University and then worked as a lawyer. She was previously a member of the executive council of the Foundation for Society and Legal Studies (TOHAV).

As well as being a member of the Human Rights Association, she is a founder member of the Patriotic Women's Association (YKD). Elected to the Turlish Parliament in 2007, as an MP for Diyarbakir, she is regarded as a member of the moderate wing of the party. She previously acted as a lawyer for Abdullah Öcalan.

In 2007 she was sentenced to 18 months in jail , when she was DTP chairwoman, over the distribution of party leaflets in the Kurdish language, a violation of the law that requires all political literature be in Turkish.

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