Yasin Börü

Ankara court rejects merging of file on jailed HDP co-chair Demirtaş

An Ankara regional court has sent a file on jailed Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) co-chair Selahattin Demirtaş back to the Ankara 2nd High Criminal Court on the grounds that it was not prepared in accordance with necessary procedures, Doğan News Agency reported on Aug. 30. 

Eighteen sentenced to life for killing teenagers during clashes in Turkey's southeast

An Ankara court sentenced 18 people to life in prison for their involvement in the murder of four young people, including teenager Yasin Börü, during unrest in 2014 between supporters of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and the Islamist Free Cause Party (HÜDA-PAR) in the southeastern province of Diyarbakır.