JAILED Kurdish politician Gultan Kisanak hit out at Turkish prosecutors and warned of “a political coup” as she mounted a spirited defence in an Ankara courtroom today.

She took the stand as the so-called Kobani case against 108 leading figures from the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) reopened in the Turkish capital, telling the court that it would be shamed when the truth came out.

“I am a Kurd. I am a Kurdish woman. Don’t look for other words to define me. You call me a separatist ‘terrorist.’ We are giving you a chance to get out of this embarrassing situation,” the former mayor of Diyarbakir said.