Sırrı Süreyya Önder will serve his sentence at Kandıra prison.
Former Peoples’ Democratic Party's (HDP) lawmaker Sırrı Süreyya Önder turned himself in after his jail term was upheld by the Istanbul regional court's 2nd penal chamber.
Önder, who was formerly an Ankara MP, was sentenced to three years and six months in prison for “spreading terrorist propaganda.” He will serve his sentence at the Kandıra prison.
Before entering the prison, Önder told reporters waiting outside: “I stand behind everything I have done. Greetings to all friends. Peace and democracy will be victorious.”
Around a dozen HDP lawmakers are currently in prison pending trial for terrorism-related offenses after their parliamentary immunity was lifted in May 2016.
Turkey's government has accused the HDP of having links to the PKK.
In its more than 30-year terror campaign against Turkey, the PKK -- listed as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the U.S. and the EU -- has been responsible for the deaths of some 40,000 people, including women and children.
Turkish security forces neutralized 515 YPG/PKK terrorists over the last three months in counterterrorism operations at home and abroad.“Neutralize” is the word Turkish authorities often use in their statements to imply that the terrorists in question either surrendered or were killed or captured.Between Sept. 1 and Nov. 30, 17 security guards were martyred in YPG/PKK terror attacks.The attacks also left three civilians dead and six others injured.Nearly 1,400 PKK suspects -- including former deputy and mayors of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), an opposition party in Turkish parliament, -- were detained during anti-terror operations across Turkey. A total of 347 suspects were jailed.Turkish jets 'neutralize' 4 PKK terrorists in N. IraqSenior YPG/PKK terrorists among neutralizedSenior terror operatives in the terror group including many on the wanted list of Turkey’s Interior Ministry have been neutralized in operations within and beyond Turkish borders.The wanted list is divided into five color-coded categories, with red as the most wanted, followed by blue, green, orange and grey.Deniz Yuksel, codenamed Haki, who was sought on the green category of the list, was neutralized in southeastern Diyarbakir province.Fatih Ozden, codenamed Bager Andok, was neutralized during a counterterrorism operation in the southeastern Hakkari's Yuksekova district on Sept. 3.Turkey approves prison sentences for HDP’s Demirtaş, ÖnderOzden, one of the so-called heads of the terrorist group, was in the red category of the Interior Ministry's wanted list.Mehmet Y., a convicted member of the PKK terror group, was arrested by Interpol in Bulgaria upon Turkey’s request on Sept. 5.A total of nine YPG/PKK terrorists, who were behind the attack that martyred two Turkish soldiers during Operation Olive Branch in northern Syria, were brought to Turkey on Sept. 14.The terrorists were caught in a joint operation by Turkish National Intelligence Service (MIT) and the Turkish gendarmerie forces in Syria's Afrin city.They were involved in Jan. 23, 2018 terror attack in Rajo area of Afrin that left Lt. Oguz Kaan Usta and Specialist Sergeant Mehmet Muratdagi martyred.Turkey strikes blow to YPG/PKK at home, abroad in Nov.The terrorists had taken away with them the body of the lieutenant which could only be found after 58 days.Murat Akdogan, codenamed Ali Gever, who was marked orange in the Interior Ministry list, was neutralized during an operation in northern Iraq on Sept. 15.Also, Sabri Kartal -- who was on the grey list -- was arrested in an operation in Yuksekova on Sept. 16.Terrorists neutralized in OctoberOn Oct. 9, the police arrested a senior PKK/KCK member, identified as Devlet Aslan, in cooperation with the National Intelligence Service, in the southeastern province of Batman.Aslan is reportedly among the so-called heads of the terrorist group’s Belgium branch.Turkey 'neutralizes' 14 terrorists over past weekSerbest Paksoy, codenamed Rezan, and Selcuk Kose, codenamed Mahir Botan, were neutralized on Oct. 11 at Mt. Gabar of the southeastern Sirnak province.Yusuf Tunc, who was in the grey category of the Interior Ministry list, was killed on Oct. 17 in a counterterrorism operation in the southeastern Adiyaman province.Known by the initials K.B., a PKK terrorist who killed security guard Mehmet Paksoy in 2017, was arrested during an operation in the Uludere district of Sirnak on Oct. 24.Turkish security forces arrested Emrah Nayci, the terror group's so-called senior representative of Gabar, in an operation in the rural areas of Sirnak on Oct. 31.Terrorists neutralized in NovemberIlyas Karakoc, codenamed Baran Amed Kino, was revealed to be among the four terrorists who were neutralized in the rural part of the Lice district in Diyarbakir on Nov. 1.PKK terrorist Selim Demiroglu, codenamed Firat Celi, was neutralized on Nov. 3 in Sirnak.Terrorist Ali Akbas, codenamed Zinar Amed, who had a 300,000 Turkish liras ($57,400) bounty on his head, was killed in an operation in the eastern Mus province on Nov. 27.Muhammed Kaya, who martyred Gendarme commander Mj. Arslan Kulaksiz in 2015, was also neutralized in the same operation.In its more than 30-year terror campaign against Turkey, the PKK -- listed as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the U.S. and the EU -- has been responsible for the deaths of nearly 40,000 people.The YPG is its Syrian branch.
Turkey 'neutralizes' 515 PKK terrorists in 2018 autumn
A Turkish court approved a sentence of four years and eight months in prison for former head of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) Selahattin Demirtaş for spreading propaganda of an armed terrorist group.A three-year and six month prison sentence was also approved for HDP lawmaker Sırrı Süreyya Önder.Around a dozen HDP lawmakers are currently in prison pending trial for terrorism-related offenses after their parliamentary immunity was lifted in May 2016.Turkey's government believes the HDP has links to the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), which is listed as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the U.S. and EU.Turkish court rules to keep HDP co-chair Demirtaş in jailTwenty arrested for suspected PKK/KCK links in Turkey
Turkey approves prison sentences for HDP’s Demirtaş, Önder