Besime Konca (born 1970, Maras) is a Kurdish politician of the Peoples' Democratic Party.
She was detained from 1993 to 2004 for political activities and again from 2009 to 2014 within the KCK main case. [1] At the general elections of 1 November 2015 she was elected as an MP for Siirt. [2]
She was arrested on 13 December 2016 and was released on probation on 3 May 2017. [3]
Konca was imprisoned on 29 May 2017 again but was released on 28 July 2017. [4] In July 2017 a court in Gaziantep confirmed another sentence of two and a half years against Konca for being a member of an armed organization and spreading propaganda for a terror organization. [5] Following, she was relieved of her rights and duties as an MP. [6] After the renewed sentence she left Turkey and went to live in exile to Europe. [7] The State Prosecutor at the Court of Cassation in Turkey Bekir Şahin filed a lawsuit before the Constitutional Court on the 17 March 2021, demanding for Konca and 686 other HDP politicians a five-year ban to engage in politics. [8]
Besime Konca (born 1970, Maras) is a Kurdish politician of the Peoples' Democratic Party.
She was detained from 1993 to 2004 for political activities and again from 2009 to 2014 within the KCK main case. [1] At the general elections of 1 November 2015 she was elected as an MP for Siirt. [2]
She was arrested on 13 December 2016 and was released on probation on 3 May 2017. [3]
Konca was imprisoned on 29 May 2017 again but was released on 28 July 2017. [4] In July 2017 a court in Gaziantep confirmed another sentence of two and a half years against Konca for being a member of an armed organization and spreading propaganda for a terror organization. [5] Following, she was relieved of her rights and duties as an MP. [6] After the renewed sentence she left Turkey and went to live in exile to Europe. [7] The State Prosecutor at the Court of Cassation in Turkey Bekir Şahin filed a lawsuit before the Constitutional Court on the 17 March 2021, demanding for Konca and 686 other HDP politicians a five-year ban to engage in politics. [8]