In the lawsuit filed against writer Aslı Erdoğan due to “making illegal organisation propaganda” through her articles on previously shut-down Özgür Gündem Daily as well as her Editorial Advisory Board membership there, a decree of abatement had been issued for Erdoğan due to time limitation. However, the appeal court reversed the decree of abatement and decided that the re-evaluation of Erdoğan’s file was necessary due to the identification of whether the newspaper was published online as well or not, for Article 26 of the Press Law may not be applied in cybercrimes. In the same file, the writer had been acquitted of the charges of “disrupting the unity and the territorial integrity of the state” and “illegal organisation membership” as well.
18.06.2021
Mesopotamia News Agency