Journalist-documentarist Kazım Kızıl, who was detained and arrested along with other activists while reporting the Izmir Referendum protests, is being tried with 23 people for ‘insulting the President of the Republic’ and ‘violating the law on meetings and demonstration’. He was arrested on 22 April 2017 and was released on 10 July 2017. Izmir 33rd Criminal Court of First Instance sentenced Kızıl to 1 year, 3 months and 16 days imprisonment for “insulting the President of the Republic”, however, he was acquitted of violating the law on meetings and demonstration. The sentence will not be executed as his previous time in prison is taken into consideration (19 June).