by TurkeyPurge | Aug 25, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Leyla Birlik, a former Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy, has reportedly requested asylum in Greece after fleeing Turkey via “illegal means,” the Hürriyet daily news reported. Birlik was detained by Turkish police on Nov. 4, 2016 along with 13 other...
by TurkeyPurge | Jan 4, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Pro-Kurdish Republican Peoples’ Party (HDP) Şırnak deputy Leyla Birlik was sentenced to 1 year and 9 months in prison for insulting Recep Tayyip Erdogan, on Wednesday. A Şırnak deputy sentenced Birlik to one and a half year in prison, and increased the punishment by...