Mehmet Tarhan

Mehmet Tarhan (born 1978) is a Kurdish conscientious objector who was imprisoned for refusing military service.[1] Tarhan had been sentenced to four years in a military prison for disobedience after refusing to wear a military uniform, a sentence that is evidently the longest ever given for such an offense in Turkey.[2] He was released in March 2006 after spending several months in prison. As of 2014, he is a member of the party assembly of the Peoples' Democratic Party and a member of the executive committee of its consultative body Peoples' Democratic Congress.[3]

  1. ^ London Flyer from Refusing to Kill Archived 2023-06-04 at the Wayback Machine, accessed June 11, 2006.
  2. ^ Author stands trial on charges of turning Turks against military service Archived 2006-07-21 at the Wayback Machine by Susan Fraser, The New Anatolian, via Associated Press, June 8, 2006, Access June 11, 2006.
  3. ^ http://www.kaosgl.com/sayfa.php?id=17645 Archived 2014-10-06 at the Wayback Machine Mehmet Tarhan: LGBTİ’ler açısından Rojava’nın ayakta kalması zorunluluk