Erbakan sentence confirmed

Ankara - Turkey's appeals court yesterday confirmed a one-year jail sentence imposed on the Islamist former prime minister, Necmettin…

Ankara - Turkey's appeals court yesterday confirmed a one-year jail sentence imposed on the Islamist former prime minister, Necmettin Erbakan, for provoking hatred in a 1994 speech, the state-run Anatolian news agency said.

Erbakan was found guilty in March of incitement in a speech delivered in the mainly Kurdish south-east in which he railed against the secularist establishment.

  • Join The Irish Times on WhatsApp and stay up to date

  • Sign up for push alerts to get the best breaking news, analysis and comment delivered directly to your phone

  • Listen to In The News podcast daily for a deep dive on the stories that matter