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 the grounds that he called the President “whiny” (ağlak) in his article titled “Erdoğan committed a crime in office” (Erdoğan görev suçu işledi) dated June 21, 2019.
At the first hearing of the trial held on March 5, 2021, the attorney of Uğuroğlu stated that the article of the journalist was within freedom of expression and press. The next hearing will be held on March 31 (March 5).