Lawsuits filed due to the charge of “insulting the President” (Article 299 of the Turkish Criminal Code) increased by 15 times in relation to periods before Erdoğan’s Presidency. The use of the Article broke a record with the transition to the Presidential system. The number of files using the Article was 20,539 in 2017 only and became 26,115 with a 30 percent increase. 4,880 investigations were turned into lawsuits; a total of 5,223 people were prosecuted (168 of whom were children) and 2,462 people were convicted.
24.09.2019
birgun.net