In September 2008 the mayor was sentenced to a year imprisonment for promoting terrorism for which in 2019 the European Court of Human Rights sentenced Turkey to pay Kalkan the sum of 3500 Euros in compensation.
In September 2008, the mayor was found guilty and sentenced to one year in prison for inciting terrorism. In 2019, the European Court of Human Rights ruled that Turkey must compensate Kalkan with €3,500.