MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Adnan Bilen – trial for “insulting the President of the Republic”
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Adnan Bilen
CITY
Van
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2019
LAST UPDATED
08/11/2019
TYPE OF STATEMENT
Political
MEDIUM
Internet
Social Media Account
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
Sentence to imprisonment
THE LEGAL GROUNDS FOR INTERFERENCE
Turkish Penal Code
Art. 299

Journalist Adnan Bilen has been tried for “insulting the President of the Republic” at the 4th Criminal Court of First Instance of Van due to his social media post in which he allegedly insulted the President Erdoğan.

He was sentenced to 7 thousand Turkish Liras of fines corresponding 11 months and 20 days of imprisonment (8 November).