A Turkish prosecutor on Wednesday requested a 7-15 year jail sentence for a Kurdish director, who was detained and released pending trial in 2018, over membership in a terrorist organisation, independent news site T24 reported.

Kazim Öz, detained on Nov. 24 of last year, is accused of ‘’membership in an armed terrorist organisation,’’ namely the the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), which has been at war for autonomy in Turkey for over three decades.

Öz is one of the founding members of Mezopotomya Sinema film agency and has directed a number of movies focusing on issues facing Turkey’s Kurds, which comprise roughly 15 percent of the population.