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Jailed Kurdish politician given prison sentence on conviction of insulting former PM

Former co-chairperson of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Selahattin Demirtaş, who has been behind bars since November 2016, has been given a jail...

Top appeals court upholds acquittal of ex-CHP member of Erdoğan insult charges

Turkey's Supreme Court of Appeals has upheld a decision by a lower court to acquit a former senior member of the main opposition Republican...

Man gets suspended sentence for sharing Erdoğan cartoons on social media

A man in the central Turkish province of Konya has been given a suspended sentence of 14 months on charges of insulting President Recep...

Veteran actor appears in court on Erdoğan insult charges

Prominent Turkish actor Genco Erkal, 83, appeared before an İstanbul court on Thursday on charges of insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, which carries a...

Trial of 4 Charlie Hebdo journalists on Erdoğan insult charges begins in Turkey

An Ankara court on Thursday held the first hearing in absentia of three executives and one cartoonist from French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo on...

Famous Kurdish poet sentenced to prison for insulting Erdoğan

A local court has sentenced famous Kurdish poet, writer and journalist Yılmaz Odabaşı to nearly a year in prison on conviction of insulting Turkish...

Arrest warrant issued for Kurdish singer and activist Tunç for insulting former PM Yıldırım

An arrest warrant has been issued for famous Kurdish singer and activist Ferhat Tunç for insulting former Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım on Twitter...

European court raps Turkey over presidential ‘insults’ law

Europe's top rights court urged Turkey on Tuesday to amend a law granting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan extra protection from perceived insults while awarding...

Famous Turkish actress convicted of ‘insulting’ former soldier accused of rape

Ezgi Mola, a popular Turkish actress, was convicted on insult charges after she protested in a tweet in August 2020 the release of a...

Gezi victim Berkin Elvan’s parents indicted on charges of insulting Erdoğan

A new case has been filed against Gülsüm and Sami Elvan, the parents of Berkin Elvan, a teen who was struck in the head...

11 lawyers face prison for criticizing top imam over LGBT statement

The head of the Ankara Bar Association and 10 members of the association’s executive board face up to two years in prison due to...

Opposition daily under investigation for insulting Erdoğan, political ally

Turkish prosecutors have launched an investigation into the opposition Birgün newspaper on allegations of insulting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his far-right election ally...

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