The columnist for daily Sözcü, Emin Çölaşan is on trial for "insulting the President"

The columnist for daily Sözcü, Emin Çölaşan is on trial for “insulting the President”

RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION

Emin Çölaşan

CITY

Ankara

YEAR OF INTERFERENCE

2018

LAST UPDATED

15/05/2019

TYPE OF STATEMENT

Political

MEDIUM

Print Media

Newspaper

THE TITLE OF WHOSE RIGHT IS INTERFERED

Journalist

RIGHTS GUARANTEED UNDER THE RIGHT OF FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION

Right to Impart Information and Ideas

TYPE OF INTERFERENCE

Judicial Interference

Criminal Courts

Decision of acquittal

THE LEGAL GROUNDS FOR INTERFERENCE

Turkish Penal Code

Art. 299

Sözcü Daily Newspaper columnist Emin Çölaşan is standing trial for allegedly insulting the president of the Republic due to his article entitled “Ama o hırsız değildi [But he is not a thief]”.

The Ankara 2nd Criminal Court of First Instance decided on the acquittal of columnist on January 25, 2018.