The Court President Dr. Rühle who announced the three-year prison sentence for Kavak, stated that the court board acknowledged that PKK‘s role has changed and that they appreciated the fight against ISIS, but defending that PKK was still “a terror organisation with murder purpose”.
Dr. Rühle also mentioned the human rights violations committed by Turkey against Kurds, and cited the massacres in Cizre and Silopi as developments worsening this situation.