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Ahmet Sever
İstanbul - 2018
Ahmet Sever – trial for “insulting the President of the Republic”
An investigation is launched against Ahmet Sever in December 2018 which then became a criminal prosecution. The Istanbul 2nd Criminal Court of the First Instance tries Ahmet Sever, T24 author…
Hayko Bağdat
İstanbul - 2017
Hayko Bağdat – trial for “insulting the President of the Republic”, “inciting the public to hatred and enmity”
A lawsuit was filed against journalist Hayko Bağdat over his article “My last piece about Erdoğan” (Erdoğan hakkında son yazım) published on ozguruz.org news website on April 14, 2017 and…
Deniz Yücel
İstanbul - 2021
Deniz Yücel – trial for “insulting the President of the Republic” and “degrading the State of the Republic of Turkey, its government, judicial bodies and the security organization of the state”
The Press Bureau of the İstanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office has issued a new indictment against Deniz Yücel, the former Turkey correspondent of the Germany-based Die Welt newspaper. Deniz Yücel…
Sedef Kabaş
İstanbul - 2023
Sedef Kabaş – trial for “insulting the President of the Republic”
An indictment has been prepared for Sedef Kabaş for the offence of insulting the President (Turkish Criminal Code article 299) upon the complaint by the lawyers of President Recep Tayyip…
Ozan Alper Yurtoğlu
İstanbul - 2023
Ozan Alper Yurtoğlu – “insulting the President” and “insulting a public official”
Cumhuriyet newspaper columnist Barış Pehlivan and Managing Editor Ozan Alper Yurtoğlu are on trial at Istanbul 15th Criminal Court of First Instance on charges of “insulting the President” (TCK 299)…
Barış Pehlivan
İstanbul - 2023
Barış Pehlivan – “insulting the President” and “insulting a public official”
Cumhuriyet newspaper columnist Barış Pehlivan and Managing Editor Ozan Alper Yurtoğlu are on trial at Istanbul 15th Criminal Court of First Instance on charges of “insulting the President” (TCK 299)…
İnan Kızılkaya
İstanbul - 2017
İnan Kızılkaya is on trial for “insulting the President of the Republic”
Journalists Hüseyin Aykol, the former co-editor-in-chief of the shuttered pro-Kurdish newspaper Özgür Gündem, İnan Kızılkaya, the newspaper’s former managing editor, and Evrensel columnist İhsan Çaralan were convicted of “insulting the…
İhsan Çaralan
İstanbul - 2017
İhsan Caralan is on trial for “insulting the President of the Republic”
Journalists Hüseyin Aykol, the former co-editor-in-chief of the shuttered pro-Kurdish newspaper Özgür Gündem, İnan Kızılkaya, the newspaper’s former managing editor, and Evrensel columnist İhsan Çaralan were convicted of “insulting the…
Rüstem Batum
İstanbul - 2021
Rüstem Batum – trial for “insulting the President of the Republic”
The İstanbul 5th Criminal Court of First Instance put journalist Rüstem Batum on trial on the grounds that he protested the violations of rights in Turkey’s southeast, mentioned the effects…
Levent Gültekin
İstanbul - 2022
Levent Gültekin – trial for “insulting the President of the Republic”
A lawsuit was filed against journalist Levent Gültekin over his statement on his TV show; he was charged with “insulting the President of the Republic” as per the Article 299…
Furkan Karabay
İstanbul
A lawsuit was filed against Furkan Karabay for “insulting the President”
A lawsuit has been filed against Furkan Karabay, editor of the Gerçek Gündem news site, on the charges of “insulting the President” (Turkish Criminal Code Article 299). The trial of…
Mustafa Sönmez
İstanbul - 2023
Mustafa Sönmez – Trial for “insulting the President of the Republic”
Journalist and economist Mustafa Sönmez will be tried for the fifth time for “insulting the President of the Republic” (TCK 299) due to his posts on his X account. Sönmez,…
Baransel Ağca
İstanbul - 2021
Baransel Ağca – trial for “insulting the President of the Republic”
On the grounds of a social media post of his from the year 2016, an investigation was launched against journalist Baransel Ağca on charge of “insulting the President of the…
Erk Acarer
İstanbul
Erk Acarer – trial for “insulting the President of the Republic”
Istanbul 2nd Criminal Court of First Instance continues the trial of journalist Erk Acarer on the allegations of “insulting the President of the Republic” in his article entitled ‘Herkese var,…
Rüstem Batum
İstanbul - 2020
Rüstem Batum – trial for “insulting the President of the Republic”
A lawsuit was filed against journalist Rüstem Batum over 20 Twitter posts that he had shared from 2016 to 2018. The journalist was charged with “insulting the President of the…
Merdan Yanardağ
İstanbul - 2023
Merdan Yanardağ – “insulting the president of the republic”
TELE1 Editor-in-Chief Merdan Yanardağ is on trial for “insulting the President” based on his columns published in BirGün between April 10, 2022 and May 29, 2022. In the third hearing…
Mustafa Sönmez
İstanbul - 2022
Mustafa Sönmez – trial for “insulting the President of the Republic”
On the grounds of his tweets criticizing the government’s foreign exchange policies, journalist Mustafa Sönmez faced a lawsuit on charge of “insulting the President of the Republic” (as per the…
Engin Korkmaz
Antalya - 2019
Managing Editor of local daily Antalya Körfez Engin Korkmaz is standing trial for “insulting the President”
Contemporary Journalists’ Association (ÇGD) Mediterranean Branch Chair and Managing Editor of local daily Antalya Körfez Engin Korkmaz was being tried upon the tip of an informer on May 14, 2019…
Ender İmrek
İstanbul - 2021
Ender İmrek – trial for “insulting the President of the Republic”
According to Ender İmrek’s Twitter post, the Bakırköy Prosecutor’s Office Special Crimes Bureau has launched an investigation against Ender İmrek, a columnist for daily Evrensel, who criticized the lack of…
Sedef Kabaş
İstanbul - 2022
Sedef Kabaş – trial for “insult” and “insulting the President of the Republic”
Journalist Sedef Kabaş, on a program that she attended on Tele1, said, “There is a very famous saying. ‘A crowned head becomes wiser.’ But we see that it is not…
Hakkı Boltan
Diyarbakır - 2019
Hakkı Boltan – trial for “insulting the President of the Republic”
Journalist Hakkı Boltan has been put on trial at the Diyarbakır 12th Criminal Court of First Instance on charges of “insulting the President of the Republic” and “insulting a public…
Yılmaz Özdil
İstanbul - 2022
Yılmaz Özdil – trial for “insult”
Upon the criminal complaint of Hasan Yeşildağ, a person close to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, a lawsuit was filed against daily Sözcü columnist Yılmaz Özdil due to an article of…
Mehmet Emin Kurnaz
İstanbul - 2021
Mehmet Emin Kurnaz – trial for “insult” and “insulting the President of the Republic”
BirGün newspaper’s political editor Mehmet Emin Kurnaz were put on trial on charges of “insulting a public official due to her/his duty” (Article 125 of the Turkish Penal Code /…
Sezgin Kartal
Hatay - 2019
Sezgin Kartal – trial for “insulting the President of the Republic”
Can TV programmer and KarsiMahalleOrg website reporter Sezgin Kartal was stood trial at the 1st Criminal Court of First Instance of Hatay for allegedly “insulting the President of the Republic”…
Sabahattin Önkibar
İstanbul - 2022
Journalist Sabahattin Önkibar – trial for “insulting the President of the Republic”
Charged with “insulting the President of the Republic” (as per the Turkish Penal Code / TCK Article 299), journalist Sabahattin Önkibar had his final hearing at the İstanbul Anadolu 53rd…
Can Dündar
İstanbul - 2022
Investigation against Can Dündar on charge of “insulting the President of the Republic”
The İstanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office launched an investigation against journalist Can Dündar on charges of “insulting the President of the Republic” (as per Article 299 of the Turkish Penal…
Ali Ergin Demirhan
İstanbul - 2020
Ali Ergin Demirhan – trial for “insulting the President of the Republic”
In the trial of journalist Ali Ergin Demirhan for “insulting the President of the Republic” due to a social media post, the third hearing was held at the İstanbul 55th…
Rüstem Batum
İstanbul
Journalist Rüstem Batum – trial for “insulting the President of the Republic”
Facing a lawsuit on charge of “insulting the President of the Republic”, Rüstem Batum is standing trial at the İstanbul 41st Criminal Court of First Instance. The lawsuit has been…
Hasan Cemal
İstanbul - 2021
Hasan Cemal – trial for “insulting the President of the Republic”
The İstanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office Press Crimes Bureau launched an investigation against T24 news website’s columnist Hasan Cemal on charge of “insulting the President of the Republic” over his…
Gökhan Biçici
İstanbul - 2021
Gökhan Biçici – trial for “insulting the President of the Republic”
dokuz8HABER news website’s Editor-in-Chief Gökhan Biçici has been put on trial on charge of “insulting the President of the Republic” before the İstanbul 8th Criminal Court of First Instance on…
Can Uğur
İstanbul - 2022
Detention of Can Uğur – allegation of “insulting the President of the Republic”
BirGün journalist Can Uğur was taken into custody on charge of “insulting the President of the Republic” at the İstanbul Sabiha Gökçen Airport on January 18, 2022. Uğur was released…
Perihan Kaya
Diyarbakır - 2021
Perihan Kaya – trial for “insulting the President of the Republic”
Journalist Perihan Kaya stood trial at the Diyarbakır 3rd Criminal Court of First Instance on charge of “insulting the President of the Republic” over her social media posts. At the…
Doğan Ergün
İstanbul - 2021
Doğan Ergün – trial for “insulting the President of the Republic”
Doğan Ergün, the Editor-in-Chief of İleri Haber news website, has been standing trial at the İstanbul 45th Criminal Court of First Instance on charge of “insulting the President of the…
Ömer Ödemiş
Hatay - 2021
Detention of Ömer Ödemiş
TELE 1 TV worker Ömer Ödemiş was detained in Hatay on August 6, 2021. Indicating that there was a final judgement against him on charge of “insulting the President of…
Cem Şimşek
İstanbul - 2019
Cem Şimşek – trial for “insulting the President of the Republic”
The lawsuit was filed against Cem Şimşek, the former executive director of Evrensel newspaper for “insulting the President of the Republic”because of the article entitled “The German cartoonists drew Erdoğan…
Kemal Aykut
İstanbul - 2015
Kemal Aykut – trial for “insulting the President of the Republic”
Over a news report titled “The Palace has gone crazy” (Saray çıldırdı) published in Özgür Gündem on September 8, 2015, Co-Editor-in-Chief of the newspaper Hüseyin Aykol, Managing Editor Reyhan Çapan,…
Hasan Başak
İstanbul - 2015
Hasan Başak – trial for “insulting the President of the Republic”
Over a news report titled “The Palace has gone crazy” (Saray çıldırdı) published in Özgür Gündem on September 8, 2015, Co-Editor-in-Chief of the newspaper Hüseyin Aykol, Managing Editor Reyhan Çapan,…
Hüseyin Aykol
İstanbul - 2015
Hüseyin Aykol – trial for “insulting the President of the Republic”
Over a news report titled “The Palace has gone crazy” (Saray çıldırdı) published in Özgür Gündem on September 8, 2015, Co-Editor-in-Chief of the newspaper Hüseyin Aykol, Managing Editor Reyhan Çapan,…
Reyhan Çapan
İstanbul - 2015
Reyhan Çapan – trial for “insulting the President of the Republic”
Over a news report titled “The Palace has gone crazy” (Saray çıldırdı) published in Özgür Gündem on September 8, 2015, Co-Editor-in-Chief of the newspaper Hüseyin Aykol, Managing Editor Reyhan Çapan,…
Mustafa Sönmez
İstanbul - 2020
Mustafa Sönmez – trial for “insulting the President of the Republic”
Journalist and economist Mustafa Sönmez will be put on trial on charge of “insulting the President of the Republic” on the grounds that on his Twitter account, he called President…
Cem Bahtiyar
2021
Cem Bahtiyar – trial for “insulting the President of the Republic”
A lawsuit was filed against journalist Cem Bahtiyar over his comment “Yeah, right…” on a Twitter post by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who tweeted, “I am addressing the entire world:…
Ali Ergin Demirhan
İstanbul - 2019
sendika.org editor Ali Ergin Demirhan – trial for “insulting the President of the Republic”
An investigation was launched against Ali Ergin Demirhan, an editor for sendika.org news website, over his six tweets from the year 2018. While the journalist was charged with “insulting the…
Ali Ergin Demirhan
İstanbul
sendika.org editor Ali Ergin Demirhan – trial for “insulting the President of the Republic”
A lawsuit was filed against Ali Ergin Demirhan, an editor of sendika.org news website, charging the journalist with “propagandizing for a terrorist organization” over eight news reports published on sendika.org.…
Orhan Uğuroğlu
İstanbul - 2021
Orhan Uğuroğlu – trial for “insulting the President of the Republic”
Orhan Uğuroğlu, the Ankara Representative of Yeniçağ Newspaper, was put on trial on charge of “insulting the President of the Republic” by the Bakırköy Criminal Court of First Instance on…
Oktay Candemir
Van - 2019
Oktay Candemir is on trial for “Insulting the President of the Republic”
The first hearing of the trial where Oktay Candemir is being tried for “insulting the President of the Republic” over a tweet he has shared on September 5, 2019 was…
Burak Şahin
İstanbul - 2021
Burak Şahin – trial for “insulting the President of the Republic”
Journalist Burak Şahin was put on trial at the İstanbul 16th Criminal Court of First Instance on charge of “insulting the President of the Republic” over a comic published on…
Ayten Akgün
İstanbul - 2020
Ayten Akgün – trial for “insulting the President of the Republic”
Ayten Akgün has been put on trial over a news report titled “Torture in Halfeti” (Halfeti’de işkence) that she shared on Twitter. Charged with “insulting the President of the Republic”,…
Onur Emre Yağan
İstanbul - 2019
Onur Emre Yağan – trial for “insulting the President of the Republic”
An investigation was launched against Onur Emre Yağan, the former Editor-in-Chief of İleri Haber news website, over four tweets posted from the official Twitter account of İleri Haber in 2014-2015;…
Necla Demir
İstanbul - 2020
Former owner of online news portal gazetekarinca Necla Demir – Trial for “insulting the President of the Republic”
The investigation against former grant holder of online news portal gazetekarinca, Necla Demir turned into a lawsuit with the allegation of “insulting the President of the Republic” due to some news…
Hakan Gülseven
İstanbul - 2020
Detention of Hakan Gülseven
As part of the operations launched against the “Movement of the Nameless” (İsimsizler Hareketi) on September 25, journalist Hakan Gülseven was detained. While Gülseven was released after giving his statement,…
