Erdogan, in the shadow of his caricature "Charlie Hebdo: You are bastards. You are sons of bitches. This is how he addressed Serdar ÇamTurkey's deputy minister of culture and tourism, to the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo at Twitter, The story is just another chapter in the perennial case known as the "Mohammed ... Read more
Cartoonist Musa Kart (centre) with his colleagues after the release. Photo Cumhuriyet The 16th criminal chamber of the Supreme Court decided to suspend the execution of the sentences of the five journalists of the Turkish daily Cumhuriyet. Their release is ordered. The acquittal comes after a long pilgrimage of appeals and in and ... Read more
Cartoon from 19 October 2016, one of the images included in the indictment against its author, Ibhim Özdabak. This time it was the turn of cartoonist Ibrahim Özdabak (1957) and Kazim Güleçyüz (1959), journalistand editor-in-chief of the daily Yeni Asya , who werecharged by a prosecutor with spreading terrorist propaganda. The list of ... Read more
Three newly graduated university students at the Middle East Technical University (ODTÜ) in Ankara, four according to other sources, were arrested for carrying banners that, according to a statement from the public prosecutor's office on 7 July, insulted President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The statement did not initially specify which posters were the reason ... Read more
Seyfi Sahin's cartoon for which he has been convicted and which was also the reason for the closure of Girgir magazine by its editors in 2017. The cartoonist Seyfi Sahinthe cartoonist, who worked for the popular satirical magazine Girgir, was sentenced today to a prison term of one year and 15 days for"insulting ... Read more
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