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Joe Robinson: Turkish court convicts former UK soldierBy Emma VardyBBC NewsA former soldier with the British army who fought for Kurdish forces against so-called Islamic State (IS) in Syria has been given a prison sentence in Turkey, his mother says.Joe Robinson, 25, from Leeds, was arrested while on holiday in 2017 and charged with terrorism offences.He was accused of being a member of the Kurdish armed group the YPG, which Turkey views as a terrorist group.Robinson was given a seven-and-a-half year sentence but remains on bail.Read more at: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-45534483