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 held at Istanbul 2nd Criminal Court of First Instance, the court acquitted journalist Merdan Yanardağ as the elements of the crime of “insulting the President” did not occur (14 November)