Journalist and the founder of P24 Platform for Independent Journalism Hasan Cemal gave his statement before a prosecutor at the Istanbul Courthouse as part of an investigation in which he is accused of “insulting the President of the Republic” because of his article entitled “Dikta, Diktatör” [Dictatorship, Dictator] published in news web site T24 (6 December 2018).
The Public Prosecutor’s Office ruled that “the elements of the crime did not occur” for the investigation launched in July 2018. The decision said, “It was decided that there is no room for the prosecution about the sharing and the suspect” (9 December).