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Turkey's Diyarbakir former mayor demanded 230 years in prison

Xinhua, November 30, 2016 Adjust font size:

Turkish prosecutors on Tuesday demanded 230 years in prison for Diyarbakir's ousted mayor, local Dogan News agency reported.

In the indictment, Gultan Kisanak was accused of being an "executive" of the armed terrorist group, the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), "conducting terrorist propaganda multiple times" and "attending illegal rallies and marches despite orders to disperse."

A court in the southeastern province of Diyarbakir had arrested Kisanak and Firat Anli, the co-mayors, late on Oct. 30 following their detention.

Anli was charged with "trying to separate land under the state's sovereignty."

The two were remanded as part of an investigation into their alleged links to the PKK, the Diyarbakir Prosecutor's Office said in a written statement.

Earlier this month, 13 lawmakers from the opposition Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) were arrested, and 10 of them, including co-leaders, are in custody awaiting trial on charges related to support for the PKK. Endit