Journalist and economist Mustafa Sönmez will be tried for the fifth time for “insulting the President of the Republic” (TCK 299) due to his posts on his X account. Sönmez,…

On the grounds of his tweets criticizing the government’s foreign exchange policies, journalist Mustafa Sönmez faced a lawsuit on charge of “insulting the President of the Republic” (as per the…

Journalists Karakaya and Yalınkılıç reported on the economic crisis in 2018. Now they and 35 others, including journalists and economists, who commented on the article face jail terms for “trying…

Selçuk Bayraktar, the son-in-law of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, and Baykar Machine Company, where Bayraktar is an executive, have filed a lawsuit against journalist and economist Mustafa Sönmez over a…

Journalist and economist Mustafa Sönmez will be put on trial on charge of “insulting the President of the Republic” on the grounds that on his Twitter account, he called President…

Economist and Journalist Mustafa Sönmez has been detained by Turkish police for “insulting” Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on social media. He released on Sunday after testifying to a prosecutor.…