A Turkish court has sentenced Kurdish politician Leyla Zana to ten years in prison for "committing crimes for a terror group".
The former Nobel Peace Prize nominee was convicted of spreading propaganda for the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) guerrilla group. The 47-year-old Zana gained prominence in 1991 for taking part of her oath of office in parliament in Kurdish, which is not recognised as an official language in Turkey. She was convicted in 1994 by a state security court of links to militants from the PKK, which is considered a terrorist group by Turkey, American Paul Krugman wins 2008 Nobel Prize for economics ...
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(Deutsche Welle)
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