A case was opened July 18 against 30 people accused of judging citizens on the so-called “justice commission” run by the outlawedKurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and Kurdistan Communities Union(KCK) in the Yüksekova district of the southeastern province of Hakkari, Hurriyet reports.
Van’s deputy chief public prosecutor has completed an investigation into the district organization, which adjudicated conflicts between individuals, and those who served on the so-called “justice commission” of the PKKand KCK in Yüksekova. A 750-page indictment filed by the deputy chief prosecutor has resulted in a case being opened in Van’s 4th Court for Serious Crimes against 30 people who served as “judges and prosecutors” on the KCK “justice commission,” on charges of “leading an armed terrorist organization,” and “being [members] of an armed terrorist organization.”
The KCK, which is listed as a terrorist organization by the Court of Appeal, is a state organization parallel to the Turkish Republic, the indictment reads. The indictment also refers to documents including telephone conversations recorded after the court decision, secret witness statements, and signatures regarded as so-called “court” decisions. The defendants in the case served as judges and prosecutors in the solution of legal problems such as the “abduction of girls, feuds, debt actions, threats, injury, and property conflicts,” according to the indictment. The defendants also brought the parties to cases together, appealed to expert opinion and made legal decisions.
