Solidarity with Kemal Okuyan, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Turkey
NOVANEWS
By Party for Socialism and Liberation
Kemal Okuyan, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Turkey
On January 18, 2018, a court in Istanbul ordered a prison sentence of 11 months and 20 days against comrade Kemal Okuyan, the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Turkey (TKP) on charges of “insulting the President of Turkey” based on an article he wrote in 2015.
The Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL) denounces in the strongest terms this outrageous act of repression by the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) targeting Okuyan. We demand that all charges against him be dropped immediately.
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