Former HDP MP Leyla Güven threatened by prison guard, says daughter

Vecdi Erbay / DUVAR

Former Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Leyla Güven, who has been jailed in a women’s prison in Turkey’s eastern province of Elazığ on terrorism charges since Dec. 2020, has received threats from a prison guard, her daughter Sabiha Temizkan revealed.

Sabiha Temizkan visited her mother at the prison and announced on social media that a guard was threatening her.

“My mother told me that a guard named İsmail had directly threatened her when she was being vaccinated,” Temizkan said.

What is more, she maintained that the deputy-director of the prison had prevented the guard from assaulting her mother and that her mother intended to file a criminal complaint about this incident.

“When I visited my mother, 6 or 7 guards accompanied her. Usually, there would only be one or two guards, so they aware of the threat my mother faces in the prison,” Temizkan added.

She also emphasized that her mother could not get access to the media outlets she wanted. “The newspapers Yeni Yaşam and Evrensel are not provided and some TV channels are also not permitted,” she said.

Parliament speaker deems HDP MP's question on Kurdish 'inadmissible'Human Rights

Imprisoned former HDP deputy, eight others given disciplinary penalty for Kurdish songHuman Rights

Probe launched into nine inmates, including politicians, for singing Kurdish songsPolitics

Prominent Kurdish politician sued for referring to PKK leader as 'Mr. Öcalan'Politics

Leyla Güven’s daughter says prison guard threatened her mother

Prominent Kurdish politician and former Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) MP Leyla Güven was recently threatened by a prison guard, her daughter said.

Former Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) and Democratic Society Congress (DTK) co-chair Leyla Güven, who has been jailed in a women’s prison in Turkey’s eastern city of Elazığ for “PKK terrorism” since Dec. 2020, has received threats from a prison guard, her daughter Sabiha Temizkan revealed.

Sabiha Temizkan visited her mother at the prison and announced on social media that a guard was threatening her.

“My mother told me that a guard named Ismail had directly threatened her when she was being vaccinated” Temizkan said.

What is more, she maintained that the deputy-director of the prison had prevented the guard from assaulted her mother and that her mother intended to file a criminal complaint about this incident.

“When I visited my mother, 6 or 7 guards accompanied her. Usually there would only be one or two guards, so they aware of the threat my mother faces in the prison,” Temizkan added.

She also emphasized that her mother could not get access to the media outlets she wanted. “The newspapers Yeni Yaşam and Evrensel are not provided and some TV channels are also not permitted,” she said.

Leyla Güven’s daughter says prison guard threatened her mother

Prominent Kurdish politician and former Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) MP Leyla Güven was recently threatened by a prison guard, her daughter said.

Former Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) and Democratic Society Congress (DTK) co-chair Leyla Güven, who has been jailed in a women’s prison in Turkey’s eastern city of Elazığ for “PKK terrorism” since Dec. 2020, has received threats from a prison guard, her daughter Sabiha Temizkan revealed.

Sabiha Temizkan visited her mother at the prison and announced on social media that a guard was threatening her.

“My mother told me that a guard named Ismail had directly threatened her when she was being vaccinated” Temizkan said.

What is more, she maintained that the deputy-director of the prison had prevented the guard from assaulted her mother and that her mother intended to file a criminal complaint about this incident.

“When I visited my mother, 6 or 7 guards accompanied her. Usually there would only be one or two guards, so they aware of the threat my mother faces in the prison,” Temizkan added.

She also emphasized that her mother could not get access to the media outlets she wanted. “The newspapers Yeni Yaşam and Evrensel are not provided and some TV channels are also not permitted,” she said.