Ankara - A Turkish state security court yesterday handed down a death sentence to Kurdish guerrilla commander Semdin Sakik, a former deputy to the Kurdish rebel leader, Mr Abdullah Ocalan. The rebel field commander's brother, Arif Sakik, was also sentenced to death. The pair were charged with treason. The verdict comes less than two weeks before the trial of Mr Ocalan, who could also face the death penalty for treason and ordering the killings of thousands of soldiers and civilians in his 14-year campaign for Kurdish self-rule.