Barış İnce, the former Managing Editor of daily BirGün, presented the related acrostic statement of defense as part of an investigation launched against him for the news article “They made a double highway to their pockets” published on BirGün newspaper.
The İstanbul 2nd Penal Court of First Instance ruled that journalist Barış İnce should be sentenced to 21 months of imprisonment on the charge of “insulting the President of the Republic” with his acrostic statement of defense and the sentence was not deferred. After the Supreme Court of Appeals reversed this judgement and the case was heard again, the journalist has now been sentenced to 11 months, 20 days in prison.