"Kurdish Mayor Jailed In Turkey For Supporting Kurdish Rebels
Thursday November 20th, 2008 / 11h28
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (AFP)--A Kurdish mayor in southeastern Turkey was sentenced Thursday to 15 months in jail for urging support for separatist Kurdish rebels in an interview with a French news channel last year.
The court in Diyarbakir convicted Ahmet Ertak - the mayor of nearby Sirnak and member of Turkey's main Kurdish party, the Democratic Society party, or DTP, - under a provision penalizing diffusing propaganda for outlawed groups."
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