Who is Selçuk Mızraklı? Has the former Diyarbakır co-mayor been released?
Translated from Turkish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.
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- Former HDP co-leader Selahattin Demirtaş said Selçuk Mızraklı would be released from prison.
- Mızraklı, a former co-mayor of Diyarbakır, has spent seven years in prison and four and a half years in the same cell, according to the report.
Selçuk Mızraklı, the former co-mayor of Diyarbakır, is set to be released after seven years in prison, according to former HDP co-leader Selahattin Demirtaş.
Demirtaş, who has himself been held for about a decade, announced that Mızraklı would leave prison. The two men have reportedly spent the past four and a half years in the same cell.
The report also examines who Mızraklı is, including his background and career, while asking whether his release has already taken place.
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Originally published by Cumhuriyet in Turkish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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