Kurdish activist Mehmet Çakas jailed in Germany under imminent threat of deportation to Turkey

Kurdish activist Mehmet Çakas jailed in Germany under imminent threat of deportation to Turkey

Mehmet Çakas is facing imminent deportation to Turkey. The Kurdish activist was sentenced to two years and ten months in prison by the Higher Regional Court of Celle for membership of the PKK. He is currently serving his sentence in Uelzen Prison in Lower Saxony and is due to be released in October 2025. Criminal proceedings are also pending against Çakas in Turkey on charges of PKK membership. “It has long been known that people accused of PKK …