The Gaziantep Provincial Court upheld a decision issued by a lower court that sentenced Irmak to 10 years in prison for “membership in a terrorist organization” and “disseminating terrorist propaganda," Turkish Minute reported.
Irmak was arrested on Nov. 4, 2016 and delivered her defense to the court via a closed circuit camera system. Irmak’s lawyers appealed the decision to the Gaziantep Provincial Court. But the court upheld the verdict of the lower court that sentenced Irmak to 10 years in prison.
Turkish government’s crackdown on the Kurdish political movement began in late 2016 with the arrest of high-profile politicians, including the party’s then co-chairs, Figen Yuksekdag and Selahattin Demirtas, which led to the detention of at least 5,000 members of the HDP, including 80 mayors. Trustees have been appointed to dozens of municipalities in the country’s predominantly Kurdish Southeast.
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