Yeniçağ Daily’s Editor-in-Chief Erdem Avşar, who was put on trial due to a news article about the allegations raised by Sedat Peker against Serhat Albayrak, Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors of Turkuvaz Media Group, which is known to be close to the government, was acquitted of “insult” and sentenced to 1 year and 15 days in prison for “slander”.