A Turkish prosecutor’s workplace demanded 11 years in jail for a distinguished journalist on prices of insulting President Tayyip Erdogan and two ministers in his cupboard, Turkish information businesses reported on Friday.
Final month, a courtroom ordered Sedef Kabas, a 52-year-old tv journalist who primarily covers Turkish politics, to be jailed pending trial on a cost of insulting Erdogan, which carries a jail sentence of between one and 4 years.
The prosecutor additionally requested Kabas to be charged with insulting Inside Minister Suleyman Soylu and Transportation Minister Adil Karaismailoglu, for a mixed jail time period of 11 years.
Kabas was jailed pending trial over a proverb she cited throughout a political dialogue on opposition TV channel Tele 1 and repeated on Twitter, which Erdogan’s communications head and the justice minister condemned as a swipe on the president.
Earlier on Friday, The Coalition For Ladies In Journalism (CFWIJ) and 37 press freedom organizations and journalists referred to as on Turkey to launch Kabas.
“The unfounded imprisonment of the famous journalist was met with widespread condemnation from native and worldwide press freedom organizations in addition to rights organizations and press freedom defenders,” the joint assertion mentioned.
“But, the Turkish authorities and judiciary seem relentless and Sedef stays behind bars,” it added.
Tens of 1000’s have been charged and convicted over the crime of insulting the president since Erdogan took workplace in 2014 after serving as prime minister for 11 years.
Between 2014 and the top of 2020, 160,169 such investigations have been launched, 35,507 circumstances have been filed and there have been 12,881 convictions, official information exhibits.
(Reuters)