Diyarbakır 4th Heavy Penal Court sentenced Journalist İsmail Eskin for allegedly “propagandising for a terrorist organisation” due to his Twitter posts in which he described the land where the military operations held as Kurdistan and reported about the rights violations committed during the curfews in Amed and ISIS attacks on Kobanê. Gaziantep Regional Court Penal Department No. 3 has approved his 3 years 1 month and 15 days of imprisonment.
The retrial of journalist İsmail Eskin, whose 3 years, 1 month, and 15 days prison sentence was overturned by the Court of Cassation, began on June 25 at the Diyarbakır 4th High Criminal Court. Prosecutor requested time to prepare the opinion. The court accepted the request and the trial was adjourned until September 26 (June 25th).