13.11.2025 00:39
The DEM Party made a statement regarding Adnan Selçuk Mızraklı, the former co-mayor of Diyarbakır Metropolitan Municipality, who has been detained since 2019. The statement included the following: "Mızraklı's request for release under supervised probation was rejected by the Prison Administration and Observation Board, stating, 'There is no declaration indicating that he has separated from the terrorist organization during his time in our institution.'"
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"Being a member of an armed terrorist organization" was the charge under which former co-mayor of Diyarbakır, Adnan Selçuk Mızraklı, was suspended from his duties and arrested in October 2019. A statement has been released by the DEM Party regarding Mızraklı.
DEM PARTY: SELÇUK MIZRAKLI'S RELEASE WAS DENIED BY THE PRISON ADMINISTRATION
The statement indicated that Mızraklı was prevented from being released due to the prison administration. The statement included the following remarks: "Our former co-mayor of Diyarbakır, Adnan Selçuk Mızraklı's request for release under supervised probation was denied by the Prison Administration and Observation Board, stating, 'There is no declaration indicating that he has separated from the terrorist organization during his time in our institution.'
Selçuk Mızraklı's political views are clear: He is a politician who has fought for peace and democracy and has paid the price for it by being held hostage for years. This board cannot decide what Mızraklı's declaration should be!
We do not accept this arbitrary and unlawful reason for denial. This board, acting with ideological motives, continues to keep political prisoners in prison arbitrarily and vindictively, exceeding its authority.
We declare this board and its decision as illegitimate in terms of law and democracy, as it attempts to sabotage the Peace and Democratic Society Process. Selçuk Mızraklı and all political prisoners must be granted their freedom immediately."
PRISON SENTENCE GIVEN TO SELÇUK MIZRAKLI
Selçuk Mızraklı was suspended from his position as the Mayor of Diyarbakır on August 19, 2019, by the decision of the Ministry of Interior, and shortly after, he was detained on October 22, 2019, and arrested by the court he was brought before.
The sentence given to Selçuk Mızraklı, a former HDP mayor of Diyarbakır, is 9 years, 4 months, and 15 days in prison for the charge of "being a member of an armed terrorist organization."
This sentence was first given on March 9, 2020, later overturned by the Court of Cassation on procedural grounds, and in the retrial (November 29, 2023), the same sentence was given again, and this decision was ultimately upheld by the Court of Cassation (October 2024).
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