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Selahattin Demirtaş Announces: Selçuk Mızraklı to Be Released on Tuesday

From Cumhuriyet · () Turkish

Translated from Turkish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Selahattin Demirtaş said former Diyarbakır mayor Adnan Selçuk Mızraklı would leave prison on Tuesday.
  • Demirtaş said Mızraklı had completed a seven-year sentence connected to his four months as mayor.

Imprisoned former HDP co-chair Selahattin Demirtaş announced that Dr. Adnan Selçuk Mızraklı would be released on Tuesday after completing his prison sentence.

In a social-media post, Demirtaş described Mızraklı as a “pure-hearted wise man” and said he had served seven years in prison for four months as Diyarbakır’s mayor.

Demirtaş added that “brotherhood” had not yet reached Mızraklı, using a pointed phrase in his description of the pending release.

Dr. Adnan Selçuk Mızraklı, the pure-hearted wise man who has served seven years in prison for four months as Diyarbakır’s mayor, will be released on Tuesday, September 8, before ‘brotherhood’ has even reached him.

· Selahattin DemirtaşDemirtaş’s social-media announcement about Mızraklı’s release.
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