I got a letter, today 27th of October 2022, telling me I am being charged under Section 13 (1) and. (3) of the Terrorism Act 2000. Why? Because  'On 23rd April 2022, in a public place, namely Whitehall London displayed an article, namely a flag, in such a way or in such circumstances as to arouse reasonable suspicion that you were a member or supporter of a proscribed organisation, namely PKK.' A flag that is seen as a 'national symbol' of the Kurds struggle against Turkish state violence against the Kurds. 

Turkey has been ranked 103rd among 167 countries in the latest edition of The Economist Intelligence Unit’s (EIU) Democracy Index

Kurds are being jailed in Turkey every day under this label of 'supporting terrorism' that has become so widespread and nonsensical as to lose the very meaning of word 'terrorism' and is used as a weapon to suppress the Kurds. Two recent examples of thousands of similar cases are Turkey's top human rights advocate Dr. Şebnem Korur Fincancı, was detained and charged under 'terrorism' laws simply because she suggested their should be an investigation into allegations of Turkish army chemical use against Kurdish fighters in N. Iraq and a former Kurdish politician and elected Mayor Gülten Kışanak who was jailed for over 30 years simply for suggesting Turkey's invasion of the Kurdish city of Afrin was an 'invasion'.   

Now, the UK is using this legislation to criminalise the Kurds and supporters in the same way.

The PKK are not considered by millions of supporters to be a 'terrorist' organisation and in no way represents any threat to the UK in any way, shape or form, but a party to a non international armed conflict between herself and the Turkish state that has oppressed the Kurds for nearly 100 years as was ruled in the Belgium Court case of recent years. 

On the contrary, the PKK has defended the Kurdish people in Turkey against a stated policy of forced assimilation of the Kurds, denying them their ancient culture, language and identity. They are seen as heros by the Kurds. 

And in August 2014, the PKK also came down from the mountains to help save the Yazidis from a genocidal attack by ISIS and also helped the Kurds in Syria to defeat ISIS most notably in the heroic battle of Kobane 2014-2015. 

Please read HERE why I picked up a flag considered to be a national symbol by the Kurdish people and support my campaign to plead NOT GUILTY to 'supporting terrorism' and to delist the PKK in the UK. My first court appearance was on 18 November 2022 at 9am at Westminster Magistrates Court. A date was set for 22nd February 2023 but two days ago my solicitor received news that the case was 'postponed' to a date yet to be set. 

When we receive the new date I will let you know and so please come and stand with me in solidarity and support. Together we will win.

Watch in this Podcast, where a top UK solicitor talks to me about the way in which the UK government has ‘politicised’ the law in favour of Turkey.