The five-month imprisonment sentence issued against a citizen due to insulting President Erdoğan increased to 11 months with a Court of Appeals decree. In the case at Ankara 46th Criminal Court of First Instance, the judge had indicated that the “impartiality of the President has legally been revoked after the referendum on April 16, 2017” and that the defendant has “committed the charge of insult against Erdoğan not because of his activities as the President but as a political entity and his activities as a party chairman.” Following the objection of Erdoğan’s lawyer, the Court of Appeals reversed the local court decree that convicted the citizen of the charge of insult in accordance with Article 125 of the Turkish Criminal Code and issued 11 months and 20 days of imprisonment against him due to “insulting the President” in accordance with Article 200 of the Turkish Criminal Code.
13.10.2020
haberturk.com