ISTANBUL—A Turkish court upheld a prison sentence for a prominent chief within the nation’s ideal opposition occasion, deepening a clampdown on opponents of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan as the longtime chief faces a worrying re-election subsequent twelve months.
The Court of Cassation in Ankara on Thursday accepted an earlier sentence towards Canan Kaftancioglu, the chief of the Istanbul branch of the Republican Folks’s Celebration (CHP). She used to be sentenced to four years and 11 months in prison on prices of insulting the Turkish Republic and defamation of a public unswerving in connection alongside with her social-media posts, a few of which dated to 2013. She could also be banned from taking part in politics for practically five years.
