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− | <br>By Ali Kucukgocmen<br> <br>ISTANBUL, Oct 19 (Reuters) - Europe's top human rights court called on Turkey on Tuesday to change a | + | <br>By Ali Kucukgocmen<br> <br>ISTANBUL, Oct 19 (Reuters) - Europe's top human rights court called on Turkey on Tuesday to change a law regarding insulting the president under which tens of thousands have been prosecuted, after ruling that a man's detention under the law violated his freedom of expression.<br>[https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/whats-stake-turkeys-upcoming-elections-2023-01-18/ reuters.com] <br>Vedat Sorli was given a suspended 11-month jail sentence in 2017 over a caricature and a photograph of President Tayyip Erdogan that he shared on Facebook, [https://saforissims.org/viquipiera/index.php?title=Usuari:KennithBrand in istanbul Lawyer] along with satirical and critical comments.<br> <br>There was no justification for Lawyer Law Firm in istanbul Sorli's detention and pre-trial arrest or the imposition of a criminal sanction, [https://www.wiklundkurucuk.com/Turkey-Law-Firm-dz Turkish Lawyer Law Firm] [https://www.wiklundkurucuk.com/Law-Firm-istanbul-bh Lawyer Law Firm istanbul] the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) court said.<br> <br>"Such a sanction, by its very nature, inevitably had a chilling effect on the willingness of the person concerned to express his or her views on matters of public interest," it said.<br> <br>The criminal proceedings against Sorli were "incompatible with freedom of expression," the court added.<br> <br>Thousands have been charged and sentenced over the crime of insulting Erdogan in the seven years since he moved from being prime minister to president.<br> <br>In 2020, 31,297 investigation were launched in relation to the charge, 7,790 cases were filed and 3,325 resulted in convictions, according to Justice Ministry data.<br><br>Here's more information regarding [https://www.wiklundkurucuk.com/Turkey-Lawyer-lu in istanbul Lawyer] take a look at our own page. Those numbers were slightly lower than the previous year.<br> <br>Since 2014, the year Erdogan became president, 160,169 investigations were launched over insulting the president, 35,507 cases were filed and there were 12,881 convictions.<br> <br>In a prominent case earlier this year, a court sentenced pro-Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtas to 3-1/2 years for insulting Erdogan, one of the longest sentences over the crime, according to Demirtas' [https://www.wiklundkurucuk.com/Law-Firm-Turkey-be Lawyer in istanbul].<br> <br>The ECHR said Turkey's law on insulting the president affords the head of state a privileged status over conveying information and opinion about them.<br> <br>It said the law should be changed to ensure people have the freedom to hold opinions and impart ideas without [https://www.phys.uconn.edu/~gibson/Notes/Section5_2/Sec5_2.htm interference] by authorities in order to put an end to the violation it found in Sorli's case.<br><br>(Additional reporting by Ece Toksabay; Editing by Dominic Evans)<br> |