The Constitutional Court (AYM) decided that the conviction of BirGün Daily’s online Editor-In-Chief Ufuk Çalışkan due to “public denigration of religious values” through an article published on the website was a violation of freedom of expression and press freedom. “The press has a fundamental duty to provide and monitor accurate conduction of democracy; therefore the penalization of the applicant is of the quality to be able to vanish contributions of press for public interests,” the verdict stated.
12.04.2019
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