FILE PHOTO: Sebahat Tuncel, co-chairwoman of the Peoples' Democratic Congress (HDK), pauses during her address to a political rally in northern Tokyo October 15, 2015 REUTERS/Toru Hanai
ANKARA (Reuters) - A former Kurdish parliamentarian jailed in Turkey on terrorism charges has been handed an additional prison term for insulting President Tayyip Erdogan, two of her lawyers said.
Sebahat Tuncel was sentenced last week to 11 months and 20 days for calling Erdogan an enemy of Kurds and women in a speech in 2016, comments one of her lawyers defended as legitimate criticism of a political opponent.
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