"The court finds it has been proven that T (used in the court documents to refer to the Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK) was a terrorist organisation," and that the Roj TV television station "supported the organisation's activities" from February 2008 to September 2010, the Copenhagen court said.

The ruling was based on a series of programmes broadcast by Roj TV that "relayed in a biased and uncritical manner the (PKK's) messages, including incitement to uprisings and to join the organisation", according to the court documents.

Danish authorities first filed charges against Roj TV in 2010 after a five-year investigation into its broadcasts, alleging it supported the PKK, which figures on terrorist organisation lists in Turkey, the United States and the European Union.

The trial of Roj TV, which broadcasts in 68 countries, opened last August.

The two companies behind the broadcaster were each sentenced to fines totaling 5.2 million kroner (700,000 euros, $895,000).

Defence attorney Bjoern Elmquist lamented a "bad" ruling, but said it would be up to the broadcaster if it wanted to appeal the verdict.

He meanwhile hailed the court for not following the prosecution's recommendation to withdraw Roj TV's broadcasting licence.

"It would have been shameful if they had encroached on freedom of expression and press freedom just because the Turks and the Americans want them to," Elmquist told public broadcaster DR Tuesday.

Turkish ambassador Ahmet Berki Dibek meanwhile lamented that the ruling did not go far enough.

"The PKK will probably pay the fines," he told media as he left the courthouse, calling for the prosecution to appeal and try again to have Roj TV's broadcasting licence revoked.

The PKK took up arms in the Kurdish-majority southeast of Turkey in 1984, sparking a conflict that has claimed about 45,000 lives.