Başak Demirtaş sentenced to 2 years, 6 months in prison

Başak Demirtaş was sentenced to two years and six months in prison together with Dr. RB for allegedly submitting a false medical report. Reacting to the prison sentence against their client, her lawyers said that their legal struggle will continue.

Amed- Başak Demirtaş was sentenced to two years and six months in prison together with Dr. RB for allegedly submitting a false medical report by Diyarbakır 6th High Criminal Court.

Her lawyers released a statement

Başak Demirtaş’s lawyers released a statement about the prison sentence against their client. “Our client Başak Demirtaş was sentenced to 2 years and 6 months in prison together with Dr. RB, who prepared the report, by Diyarbakir 6th High Criminal Court on November 10, 2021, based on a lawsuit filed on 3 March 2018 on the allegation that she received a false health report. Başak Demirtaş was suffering from severe health problems during that time. It is clear unlawfulness and a great injustice that Basak Demirtas was sentenced as a result of such a trial. Despite everything, we will continue our fight to win her case,” the lawyers wrote in the statement.