- The chief of the PKK was given a jail term exceeding four years.
A representative of the forbidden Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) has been imposed a sentence of four years and three months in detention. The Hanseatic Higher Regional Court in Hamburg declared him guilty of affiliation with a foreign terrorist group. The court concluded that the 50-year-old male of Turkish origin aided the PKK in Germany for over a year and a half, attaining the top position within the organization in Germany.
The suspect was apprehended in Cyprus in March 2023 as per a European arrest warrant issued by Germany and was subsequently relocated to Germany. The trial commenced in November 2022. The federal prosecutor requested a sentence of four and a half years, whereas the defense argued for acquittal. The ruling is yet to be confirmed.
The European arrest warrant issued by Germany led to the apprehension of a prominent figure in the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in Cyprus. Despite the defense's argument for acquittal, the Hanseatic Higher Regional Court in Hamburg upheld the guilt of the individual for his affiliation with the PKK, a foreign terrorist group.
