Besime Konca
Besime Konca (born 1970, Maras) is a Kurdish politician of the Peoples' Democratic Party.
She was detained from 1993 to 2004 for political activities and again from 2009 to 2014 within the KCK main case.[1] At the general elections of 1 November 2015 she was elected as an MP for Siirt.[2]
She was arrested on 13 December 2016 and was released on probation on 3 May 2017.[3]
Konca was imprisoned on 29 May 2017 again but was released on 28 July 2017.[4] In July 2017 a court in Gaziantep confirmed another sentence of two and a half years against Konca for being a member of an armed organization and spreading propaganda for a terror organization.[5] Following, she was relieved of her rights and duties as an MP.[6] After the renewed sentence she left Turkey and went to live in exile to Europe.[7] The State Prosecutor at the Court of Cassation in Turkey Bekir Şahin filed a lawsuit before the Constitutional Court on the 17 March 2021, demanding for Konca and 686 other HDP politicians a five-year ban to engage in politics.[8]
References[edit]
- ^ "HDP MP Konca sentenced to prison". Bianet. 6 October 2019.
- ^ "Siirt Seçim Sonuçları". www.haberturk.com (in Turkish). Retrieved 2019-10-06.
- ^ "HDP's KOnca relieved of MP duties". Bianet. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
- ^ "HDP MP Besime Konca released from prison". ANF News. Retrieved 2019-10-06.
- ^ "2,5 year prison sentence for HDP MP Konca approved". ANF News. Retrieved 2019-10-06.
- ^ "HDP's Konca relieved of MP duties". Bianet. 6 October 2019.
- ^ "HDP deputies and politicians urged Europe to act". ANF News. Retrieved 2019-10-06.
- ^ "HDP indictment seeks political ban for 687 members, including Demirtaş, Buldan and Sancar". Bianet. Retrieved 2021-03-19.