A Turkish court has issued long prison sentences at the ongoing hearing on Kurdish activists. 

Gültan Kışanak, a former lawmaker of the dominantly Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) and the former co-mayor of the southeastern province of Diyarbakır was sentenced to 14 years and three months in prison, Ahval News reported.

The court also handed a 15 year prison sentence to Sebahat Tuncel, a former deputy of the HDP and the co-chair of the pro-Kurdish Peace and Democracy Party (BDP).

These Kurdish women activists were found guilty of aiding and carrying out propaganda for a terrorist organization.