UK charges woman with terrorism offence over Turkish publication

UK charges woman with terrorism offence over Turkish publication

LONDON - Reuters
UK charges woman with terrorism offence over Turkish publication British police said on Sept. 20 they had charged two people with terrorism offences, including a woman accused of encouraging others to commit a terrorist offence in connection with a publication linked to a Turkish militant group. 

Ayfer Yıldız, 45, from west London, faces two counts of encouraging terrorism for allegedly passing on two editions of the magazine Yürüyüş, which is linked to the outlawed Revolutionary People’s Liberation Party/Front (DHKP/C).

British police said that in a separate prosecution Alaettin Kalender, 50, from northeast London, had been charged with possessing information that was useful for terrorism purposes. 

The two accused are due to appear at London’s Westminster Magistrates Court on Oct. 4.