Turkey’s Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) MP Sebahat Tuncel has been sentenced to eight years and nine months in prison for being a member of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), Hürriyet Daily News reported.

Tuncel was detained and released in 2007 when she was elected as a deputy while the court case was still proceeding. If the Supreme Court of Appeals approves the sentence, Tuncel will be stripped of her deputy mandate.

Tuncel has also been banned from leaving the country.