The first hearing of the lawsuit filed against the news published in Cumhuriyet Daily on April 14, 2020 following the complaint of Presidential Communications Director Fahrettin Altun was held at Istanbul 26th Assize Court. The newspaper’s reporter Hazal Ocak, Chief Managing Editor Olcay Büyüktaş Akça, Managing Editor İpek Özbey and photoreporter Vedat Arık are charged with “targeting those taking part in the fight against terrorism” and “violation of privacy” through the news article on the demolition of the paysage work Altun got done on the land next to his house in Boğaziçi, Istanbul by the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality due to being unlicensed. The second hearing of the lawsuit was scheduled for March 18, 2021.
16.12.2020
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