An İstanbul court has ruled to imprison Sedef Kabaş, a well-known Turkish journalist and a TV presenter, for insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan over a tweet.
Police reportedly raided her house in İstanbul’s Sarıyer district in the early hours of Saturday and detained her.
She was formally placed in pre-trial detention by a court later the same day.
The crime of insulting the president carries a jail sentence of one to four years in Turkey.
A total of 36,581 people have been investigated for insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan between 2014 and 2020.
Insulting the president is a crime in Turkey, according to the controversial Article 299 of the Turkish Penal Code (TCK). Whoever insults the president or a government official can face up to four years in prison, a sentence that can be increased if the crime was committed through the mass media.
The slightest criticism of Erdoğan is often considered an insult, and there has been a rise in the number of cases in Turkey in which people inform on others claiming that they insulted the president, the government or government officials.
“An ox doesn’t become king by residing in a palace. Rather, the palace becomes a cowshed. Circassian proverb.” Tweeted Turkish journalist @SedefKabas and got arrested.#Sedefkabasyalnızdeğildir pic.twitter.com/nDz9KiS8LL
— Ismail Akbulut (@ismail_i_ak) January 22, 2022
from Turkey Purge https://turkeypurge.com/turkish-journalist-sent-to-prison-for-insulting-president-erdogan-over-a-tweet
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