Imprisoned Co-Mayor of Diyarbakır loses her sister, again behind bars

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Zeynep Özer, the sister of former Co-Mayor of Diyarbakır Metropolitan Municipality Gültan Kışanak, has passed away in a hospital in Elazığ, where she was undergoing treatment.

Diyarbakır local news site Tigris Haber reported that Kışanak's lawyers applied for permission for the former Co-Mayor to attend her sister's funeral.

Kışanak had also lost her father while in prison, and was granted temporary release to attend his funeral. She then lost her brother Cumali Özer again while behind bars. 

During the hearing of the Kobani trial held yesterday (August 7), Gültan Kışanak requested to provide an excuse to the court due to her sister's illness via SEGBIS (Audio and Visual Informatics System).

However, the court panel interrupted her, stating that she had not provided any statement regarding her sister's illness.

Subsequently, the court panel disconnected the SEGBIS connection, preventing Kışanak from making her statement. (RT/PE)