defamation

Cases 10 December 2021

Video activist Oktay Ince was penalized for ‘defamation of the President’

Video activist and documentary filmmaker Oktay Ince was sued for “defamation of the President” and in the third hearing of the lawsuit, the court sentenced him to 1 year 2 months 17 days of prison. The announcement of the verdict was deferred

Genel 9 November 2021

Investigation about “Veba Geceleri” (“Nights of Plague”) by Orhan Pamuk

An investigation was initiated about the latest novel of writer Orhan Pamuk, “Nights of Plague” with the allegation that it was “insulting Mustafa Kemal Atatürk and the Turkish Flag” and it was “inciting people to hatred.” When the file, which was given a nolle, returned from the Criminal Court of Peace, the prosecution re-started the investigation based on the same grounds