Hakkari Mayor's prison sentence approved, DEM reproaches the government with 'process'

Van Regional Court of Justice approved the 19 years and 6 months prison sentence given to Hakkari Municipality Co-Mayor Mehmet Sıddık Nakit, who was dismissed by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and replaced by a trustee, on the grounds that he was the "manager of a terrorist organization".

The court also decided that Stream should continue to be detained. In the same case, the prison sentence of 8 years and 9 months given to İzzet Belge, Hıfzullah Kansu, Kadriye İlbaş, Mikail Atan, Seyhan Şahin and Faruk Yıldız, who were tried together with Flow, for being "members of the organization", and the prison sentence of 6 years and 3 months to Tahir Koç, Hüsna Sağın and Hamdiye Çiftçi Öksüz, were also approved.

Following the decisions, DEM Party Spokesperson Ayşegül Doğan made a statement through her account on the social media platform X. Referring to the "process" they carried out with the government, Doğan used the following statements in his post:

"Peace processes are built with trust and assurances. The path to politics is paved with freedoms, politicization is achieved through democratization. If the government intends to create trust in peace, society wants to see it with evidence. On the one hand, process and framework law discussions, on the other hand, decades of prison sentences imposed on the charge of "organization leadership"... How will these contradictions and risks be turned into great opportunities?"

Doğan concluded his words with the following statements:

"The requirement of peace is to expand the areas of freedom, respect the will of the people, put an end to trustee practices and unjust arrests. Paving the way for democratization is a political and historical necessity. Mehmet Sıddık Adım is the Co-Mayor of Hakkari Municipality. The place where he should be is not the prison, but the Hakkari Municipality. This captivity must end now!"