Jurist Pro-Kurdish politician Gergerlioglu regains membership in Turkish Parliament

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Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu, a pro-Kurdish politician, human rights activist, and member of the People’s Democratic Party, regained membership in the Turkish Parliament on Friday.

Gergerlioğlu retained his parliamentary membership until his two-and-a-half year prison sentence became final in March. However, earlier this month, the Constitutional Court of Turkey ruled that Gergerlioğlu’s imprisonment on terrorism charges was a violation of his right to contest in elections and engage in political activities as well as a violation of his right to freedom of expression.

That ruling, a summary of which was read out in Parliament on Friday, triggered Gergerlioğlu’s reinstatement in parliament. Upon release, Gergerlioğlu thanked his supporters on his first day back in Parliament stating:

Today is the day when the will of the people prevails over all injustices, and the victory of the people is manifested . . . I didn’t hold the watch for justice in vain, I believed to the end that I was very right, that the people were with me, and that finally happened, we came back here and saw that the people won, democracy won, the Constitution won.

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