FORMER Peoples Democratic Party (HDP) MP Leyla Guven faces more than 30 years in jail after Turkish prosecutors accused her today of a string of offences, including membership of a terrorist organisation.

The charges relate to her role as co-chair of the Democratic Society Congress (DTK), an organisation that campaigns for autonomy for Turkey’s Kurdish population and a peaceful resolution to its so-called Kurdish question.

Despite being invited to government talks on the development of a new Turkish constitution, the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) now brands the DTK a terrorist organisation linked to the banned Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK).