The first hearing of the lawsuit filed against journalist Fatih Portakal due to a social media post following the complaint of the Banking Regulation and Supervision Agency (BDDK) was held at Istanbul 46th Criminal Court of First Instance. The journalist is on trial due to “damaging reputation” in accordance with the Law of Banking. In the meantime, another indictment was revealed against the journalist with a claim of “insulting the President” through the same social media post; therefore the court decided for the two files to be merged. The second hearing of the case was scheduled for November 5.
24.09.2020
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