Turkey: The colour of their clothes: Parliamentary deputies serve 15 years' imprisonment for expressions of Kurdish political identity

Turkey: The colour of their clothes: Parliamentary deputies serve 15 years' imprisonment for expressions of Kurdish political identity

Index Number: EUR 44/085/1997
Date Published: 1 December 1997
Categories: Europe And Central Asia, Turkey

This document describes the case of Leyla Zana, Hatip Dicle, Orhan Dogan and Selim Sadak, prisoners of conscience of Kurdish origin that were elected to parliament as representatives of the Social Democratic Populist Party, that have been imprisoned for the peaceful expression of their beliefs.