Six accused members of banned militant Kurdistan Workers’ Party in court

Six people accused of being members of the banned militant Kurdistan Workers’ Party have appeared at the Old Bailey. Ercan Akbal, 56, Berfin Kerban, 31, Ali Boyraz, 62, Turkan Ozcan, 59, Mazlum Sayak, 27, and Agit Karatas, 23, deny membership of a prescribed organisation. Sayak and Karatas have denied the charge, and the others are also expected to enter not guilty pleas. Partiya Karkeren Kurdistani, better known as PKK, is a Kurdish guerilla militant political organisation, formed seeking the foundation…