Journalist and economist Mustafa Sönmez, who was charged with “insulting President Erdoğan” through a social media post on the arrest of Reza Zarrab in the United States, was acquitted in the lawsuit filed against him at Istanbul Anatolian 26th Criminal Court of First Instance. Sönmez has been charged due to his social media post on the prosecution of Zarrab, who was arrested in 2016 facing charges related to breaking the U.S. embargo against Iran. In the related social media post, Sönmez has written, “Mr Reza will not be prosecuted alone. Halkbank, the Erdoğan government and all others who allowed him the opportunity to commit this fraud will also be prosecuted. Mr Reza will certainly say that he was not alone in this.”
23.06.2021
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