A former parliamentarian for the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) has illegally crossed over to Greece to apply for asylum there and been detained by police, according to a report by pro-government CNN Türk.
HDP’s former deputy Leyla Birlik was kept under arrest in Turkey between November 2016 and January 2017 on charges of making propaganda for a terrorist organization. She was then released pending trial with a ban on international travel. She was reportedly given a 21-month prison sentence for allegedly insulting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in January this year.
CNN Türk reported that Birlik was calling HDP colleagues in Greece and Turkey for help with claiming asylum, as she believed that police in Alexandroupoli would send her to a repatriation center. (SCF with Ahval)
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from Stockholm Center for Freedom https://stockholmcf.org/pro-kurdish-hdps-former-deputy-leyla-birlik-flees-turkey/
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