Ankara - A Turkish court yesterday sentenced 114 intellectuals and human rights activists to a year in prison for signing a 1993 declaration calling for a peaceful solution to the country's Kurdish conflict.
Rights activists said the declaration, signed by both Turks and Kurds, had also been presented at the United Nations. Those convicted include the sociologist, Mr Ismail Besikci, who has already been sentenced to around 200 years in jail for books and other works about the Kurds.