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His release had been rejected in August, now surprisingly Cologne singer Hozan Cane is released. She spent two years in a Turkish prison accused of terrorism. She was arrested shortly before the elections.
After more than two years in prison in Turkey, the Cologne singer with the stage name Hozan Cane has been released according to her lawyer. Her client was released from prison in Istanbul’s Bakirköy district overnight, Newroz Akalan told the dpa news agency. A court previously upheld the defense objection that the lengthy prison term was disproportionate and ordered Canes’ release. However, an exit ban has been imposed, Akalan said.
Arrested shortly before the elections
The singer was arrested in Edirne shortly before the presidential and parliamentary elections in June 2018. In November of that year, she was sentenced to six years and three months in prison for belonging to a terrorist organization. The case was reopened in August after the highest appeals court failed to comply with the verdict. There is no clear evidence of alleged membership in the PKK banned Kurdish Workers’ Party, it was said to justify.
The charges were based on Facebook posts.
The accusation was based, among other things, on content from Facebook and Twitter profiles. In the indictment, she was accused of sharing photos showing the jailed PKK chief, Abdullah Öcalan. Other photos also show an event in Cologne where PKK flags and Öcalan posters were waved. Similar recordings come from the singer’s concerts, so the accusation. However, during questioning, Cane stated that the two Facebook profiles listed in the indictment were not hers.
The case had strained relations between Germany and Turkey. The human rights spokesman for the SPD parliamentary group, Frank Schwabe, who is observing the proceedings against Cane, told dpa: “Hozan Cane was unjustly in prison. He is a singer politically committed to his art. But that is not a crime. .. “
Release initially refused
In August, the court in Edirne, western Turkey, refused to release the singer, claiming, among other things, that there was a risk of flight and that he wanted to wait for a medical examination on Canes’ health. The singer claimed that she suffered from severe asthma and high blood pressure and that her health had deteriorated while in prison.
Cane’s daughter also accused
Cane has Kurdish roots and has only German citizenship. Your test will continue on October 20. The trial of Cane’s daughter Gönül Örs, accused of terrorist propaganda for the PKK in Turkey, continues today in Istanbul. The background to the charges against Örs was a 2012 protest on a boat in Cologne.
According to his lawyer, an investigation against Örs in this case was closed in Germany. The house arrest against Örs was lifted in June, but he is not allowed to leave the country. SPD politician Schwabe said she now hopes that Örs’ ban will be lifted and that Cane will be able to leave the country a few weeks after her trial continues.
