7 January 2025 The Istanbul 2nd Criminal Court of First Instance convicted journalist Furkan Karabay under Article 301 of the Turkish Penal Code (publicly insulting the judiciary) and sentenced him…

5 September 2025 An indictment against journalist Furkan Karabay requests his conviction on charges of “publicly insulting the President” (Article 299 of the Turkish Penal Code), “repeatedly targeting officials engaged…

13 February 2025 The Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office filed a case against Gazete Duvar reporter Furkan Karabay on charges of “insulting public officials” (Article 125/3 of the Turkish Penal…

13 December 2024 Journalist Furkan Karabay is on trial before the 74th Criminal Court of First Instance of Istanbul on charges of “insulting the President” through a series of social…

1 October 2024 Furkan Karabay, former editor of the news website Gerçek Gündem, was acquitted by the Istanbul 24th High Criminal Court. Karabay had spent 11 days in pre-trial detention…

11 July 2025 Journalist Furkan Karabay was fined 10,500 Turkish lira in a trial over three social media posts he made in 2023, on charges of “insulting the President.” At…

Journalist Furkan Karabay was taken into custody on the morning of November 8 due to his news article and social media posts regarding the arrested and replaced CHP Esenyurt Mayor,…

A lawsuit was filed against Gerçek Gündem news site editor Furkan Karabay on charges of “insulting the president,” “insult” and “defamation” over the statements he made on Mirgün Cabas’ YouTube…

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…

Journalist Furkan Karabay, upon the complaint of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s former lawyer Mustafa Doğan İnal, was charged with “public insult” (TPC 125) and “slander” (TPC 267) for his news…

The first hearing of the non-pecuniary damage case worth 100 thousand TL, filed against journalist Furkan Karabay on the charge of “unfair attack on personal rights” (TCK 125) with the…

Furkan Karabay was detained on charges of “slander” and “insult”. Furkan Karabay, editor of the Gerçek Gündem news site, was taken to the courthouse in Çağlayan, Istanbul, by the police…

Gerçek Gündem editor Furkan Karabay was detained on December 26 for a news report on the judiciary; he was asked about the source of the news report at the Vatan…

Faruk Eren, the Managing Editor of Gerçek Gündem, and Furkan Karabay, the editor of Gerçek Gündem, faced a lawsuit for “insulting a public official” (as per the Article 125 of…