Pro-Kurdish deputy sentenced to eight years in prison in Turkey

Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) deputy Sebahat Tuncel has been sentenced to eight years and nine months in prison for being a member of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), daily Hürriyet has reported. 
 
Tuncel was detained and released in 2007 when she was elected as a deputy while the court case was still proceeding.
 
If the Supreme Court of Appeals approves the sentence, Tuncel will be stripped of her deputyship.