Diyarbakır court

In the Narin Güran murder case, all eyes are now on the forthcoming legal proceedings, as higher courts prepare to review appeals from three key suspects who have been sentenced to life in connection with her mysterious death.

A Turkish court on Friday jailed pending trial the mother and brother of a murdered eight-year-old girl whose body was found in a sack hidden under rocks in a case that horrified the nation and triggered protests since her disappearance three weeks ago.

Police on June 2 briefly detained Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) spokesperson Osman Baydemir in the southeastern Turkish province of Diyarbakır as part of an ongoing case in which he is accused of "insulting public servants," Doğan News Ageny has reported.

A court in southeastern Turkey on April 6 handed a professional footballer born in Germany a suspended jail sentence for "making terror propaganda" for the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).

Deniz Naki, who plays for second division side Amedspor in the southeastern province of Diyarbakır, was accused of promoting the PKK.

A prosecutor has objected to the release of a police officer suspected of killing a student during Nevruz celebrations in the southeastern province of Diyarbakır, Doğan News Agency has reported. 

A total of 111 suspects in the main case into the Kurdistan Communities Union (KCK), an umbrella group of Kurdish group that includes the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), were given a cumulative total of more than 1,100 years in jail by a Diyarbakır court on March 28. 

Kurdish issue-focused Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) Ağrı deputy Leyla Zana was released after being detained by police on Feb. 8 in the southeastern province of Diyarbakır, state-run Anadolu Agency has reported.

A Diyarbakır court accepted indictments on Jan. 31 against opposition Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) co-chairs Selahattin Demirtaş and Figen Yüksekdağ, charging them with multiple counts of terrorism. 

A Diyarbakır Court of Serious Crimes will try Demirtaş on seven counts, two of which are related to terror, with a prosecutor demanding 142 years in jail for the co-chair.  

A Diyarbakır court on Jan. 30 ordered the release of İdris Baluken, the deputy group chairman and lawmaker of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) from Diyarbakır, after nearly three months in jail. 

Kurdish issue-focused Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) spokesperson and Kars deputy Ayhan Bilgen was released on Jan. 29 after being briefly detained by police in the Turkish capital Ankara.