DİYARBAKIR - Batman Heavy Penal Court has ruled that a lawsuit shall be filed against former Diyarbakır Bar Association Chair and executive board members over their declaration on April 24, charging them with “inciting the public to enmity and hatred."
As the Ministry of Justice has given permission for investigation, the Batman Heavy Penal Court has ruled that a lawsuit shall be filed against the former Chair and 10 executive board members of the Diyarbakır Bar Association over their declaration entitled "We share the unmitigated great sorrow of Armenian People" published on April 24.
Accordingly, the former Bar Chair and executive board members will be charged with "openly inciting the public to enmity and hatred and degrading the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (TBMM)."
THEY WILL BE TRIED AS PER ARTICLE 301 OF THE TCK
As reported by medyascope.tv, the trial will be held at the Heavy Penal Court in Diyarbakır and the former Diyarbakır Bar Chair and 10 executive board members will be tried as per the Article 301 of the Turkish Penal Code (TCK) over their declaration published on April 24.
The following people will stand trial:
Former Diyarbakır Bar Chair Ahmet Özmen and Mahsum Bati, Nuşin Uysal Ekinci, Cihan Ülsen, Sertaç Buluttekin, Muhammet Neşet Girasun, Serhat Eren, İmran Gökdere, Velat Alan, Ahmet Dağ and Nahit Eren.