Van Chief Public Prosecutor's Office

Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) co-leader Figen Yüksekdağ is facing a prison sentence of up to five years on charges of insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, a judicial source said Feb. 10.        

A court accepted an indictment prepared by the Van Chief Public Prosecutor's Office demanded a prison term for Yüksekdağ ranging from one to five years.        

A court in the eastern province of Van has arrested Van Mayor Bekir Kaya on terror charges. 

Kaya, who was removed from his post by the Interior Ministry and detained on Nov. 17, was arrested for intentionally assisting the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).