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Social media user gets 12-year prison sentence for insulting Turkish president

A court in the southeastern city of Van has handed down a 12-year prison sentence to a man for insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in his...

Prosecutor accuses main opposition leader of insulting Erdoğan

The Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office has submitted a summary of proceedings to the Turkish parliament accusing main opposition leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu of insulting President Recep...

Former intelligence chief Uzun, arrested on terrorism, insult charges, released pending trial

Sabri Uzun, the former head of the National Security Directorate’s intelligence department in Ankara who was arrested in April on accusations of insulting Turkish President Recep Tayyip...

Editor of gov’t-critical news website detained for insulting Turkish president

Ali Ergin Demirhan, editor of the sendika.org news website, a media outlet critical of the Turkish government, was detained on Friday on accusations of insulting Turkey’s president,...

Journalist Coşkun acquitted of insulting Turkey’s president

An İstanbul on Thursday court ruled to acquit former Cumhuriyet daily court reporter Canan Coşkun of charges of insulting the president, the T24 news...

Turkish columnist turns self in to serve prison sentence for insulting Erdoğan

A Turkish columnist who was assaulted last month in front of his apartment turned himself in on Thursday to serve a nearly one-year jail sentence for...

Turkey launches investigation into German journalist over social media accounts

Ankara prosecutors have opened an investigation into German journalist of Turkish descent Süheyla Kaplan, over posts on her social media accounts, Deutsche Welle Turkish service reported on...

Construction worker gets 2 years in prison for insulting President Erdoğan

A construction worker from Turkey’s Balıkesir province was handed down a two-year, two month sentence for insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan by posting two caricatures about...

Ministry blocks prosecution of Turkish lawyer beaten by Erdoğan’s bodyguards

Turkey’s Justice Ministry denied permission to launch a prosecution against Sertuğ Sürenoğlu, a lawyer who in April was reportedly beaten up by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s security...

Cypriot journalists acquitted of insulting Turkey’s Erdoğan

A court in northern Cyprus on Thursday acquitted two journalists who had faced up to five years in prison on charges of insulting and defaming Turkey's...

HSBC Turkey chief acquitted of Erdoğan insult charges

A Turkish court has acquitted HSBC bank's Turkey chief of insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan through Twitter, Turkey’s state-run Anatolia news agency reported on Thursday. Selim...

New mayor under investigation for insulting Erdoğan at handing over ceremony

An administrative inquiry for insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has been launched into the incoming Republican People’s Party (CHP) mayor of İzmir’s Torbalı district due to...

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