Mayors might go to jail

The Star

June 16,2006 Edition 1

Mayors might go to jail

Diyarbakir - Dozens of mayors from Turkey's troubled south-east could face up to 10 years in jail for sending a letter to Denmark's prime minister, a court indictment showed yesterday. Fifty-six mayors have been charged with "knowingly and willingly helping" the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party when they urged Denmark not to close the Danish-based Kurdish broadcaster Roj TV.