MEDİNE MAMEDOĞLU

Amed -In Diyarbakır, three women, including a peace mother, who stood trial for six years for making speeches and shouting slogans at the “Public Stand” set up in the city in February 2014, have been acquitted of terrorism charges against them. In 2016, an indictment was prepared against Peace Mother Havva (Rabia) Kıran, Yüksel Bodakçı and Saniye Bozkurt for their speeches at the public stand set up on February 15, 2014 in the Batıkent district of Diyarbakır province. The 18th hearing of the trial against three women was held in March by the Diyarbakır 5th High Criminal Court. Three women have been acquitted of all charges after a six-year trial.

In 2016, an investigation was launched against three women and then an indictment was prepared against them on charges of “propagandizing for a terrorist organization” even though the public stand was set up with the permission of the Diyarbakır Governor's Office. In the indictment, Yüksel Bodakçı and Saniye Bozkurt were accused of “propagandizing for a terrorist organization” for shouting slogans while Peace Mother Hava Kıran was accused of “propagandizing for a terrorist organization” for her speech.

“All women of Amed and Peace Mothers welcome to the public stand. We hope we will get our leader out of there. Our leader was innocent, made no mistake. They put our leader in prison and left him in the middle of the sea. Our leader worked only for the Kurdish people. We will stand by our leader until we have a single drop of blood in our veins,” Peace Mother Hava Kıran said in her speech.

They have been acquitted

While women were demanded to be punished in the indictment, the trial lasted for six years. The 18th hearing of the trial was held on March 31 by the Diyarbakır 5th High Criminal Court. The women have been acquitted of all charges by the court after a six-year trial.