Ayşe Çelik, a Turkish teacher sentenced to one year and three months in prison for allegedly “praising terrorism and a terrorist organisation” in 2016 began her prison term today, after the court overturned her lawyer’s request for postponing the execution for 10 days.

Two female parliamentarians, Feleknas Uca from the People's Democratic Party (HDP) and Zeynep Altıok from the Republican People's Party (CHP) accompanied Ayşe Çelik on her way to prison.