Güven was sentenced in absentia to 22 years and three months imprisonment on Monday. Among other charges, she was accused of "forming and leading a terrorist organization" - meaning the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). During Monday's hearing, the court also ordered Güven's immediate arrest.
The HDP described the prison sentence against Güven as a concrete example of the use of enemy criminal law against Kurdish society. Upon her arrest at the home of HDP deputy Semra Güzel, Güven said, "I am not going anywhere. I will continue to do politics in this country, in prison or outside."
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