DİYARBAKIR – Co-mayor of Yenişehir Municipality of Diyarbakır Mehmet Selim Kurbanoğlu who faces up to 15 years prison sentence was released.
Co-mayor of Yenişehir Municipality Mehmet Selim Kurbanoğlu was released after he was jailed on charges of “being member of illegal organization as part of investigation of DTK (Democratic Society Congress).
Co-mayor Kurbanoğlu stated that he didn’t attend to any meetings of DTK which prosecution claims he did. Kurbanoğlu also reminded that he was taken into custody right after a twitter account named ‘başkentçi’ claimed that trustee will be appointed to Yenişehir Municipality. Kurbanoğlu also said “Police already blockaded to town hall before I was taken into custody and right after I was taken trustee was appointed to my office. Therefore aim of arresting me was appointing trustee to my office.
After Kurbanoğlu’s statement, court board was decided to release co-mayor and next trial will be heard on July.
2017-03-10 13:05 GMT+02:00 Lokman Sazan
Yenişehir Belediye Eşbaşkanı tahliye edildi
Co-mayor of Yenişehir Municipality released
DİYARBAKIR – Co-mayor of Yenişehir Municipality of Diyarbakır Mehmet Selim Kurbanoğlu who faces up to 15 years prison sentence was released.
Co-mayor of Yenişehir Municipality Mehmet Selim Kurbanoğlu was released after he was jailed on charges of “being member of illegal organization as part of investigation of DTK (Democratic Society Congress).
Co-mayor Kurbanoğlu stated that he didn’t attend to any meetings of DTK which prosecution claims he did. Kurbanoğlu also reminded that he was taken into custody right after a twitter account named ‘başkentçi’ claimed that trustee will be appointed to Yenişehir Municipality. Kurbanoğlu also said “Police already blockaded to town hall before I was taken into custody and right after I was taken trustee was appointed to my office. Therefore aim of arresting me was appointing trustee to my office.
After Kurbanoğlu’s statement