Accused PKK members ‘arranged banned event for 23 years’

Four men and two women supported the banned Kurdistan Workers Party by arranging events in north London over a 23 year period, a court heard. Ercan Akbal, 57, Turkan Ozcan, 60, Muchahit Sayak, 28, Berfin Kurban, 32, Ali Boyraz, 63, and Agit Karatas, 24, deny membership of a proscribed organisation. They also variously deny charges of addressing or arranging meetings in support of the banned organisation. The meetings are said to have taken place at the Kurdish Community Centre in…