The new Turkey
İnan Ketenciler.
Journalist

08-Mar-2019

21 February 2019:

Mağden and Ketenciler’s trial on “insult” charge adjourned

A trial where author and columnist Perihan Mağden and journalist İnan Ketenciler stand accused of “insulting the president” resumed on 21 February at the 2nd Criminal Court of First Instance of Istanbul. Mağden is accused because of her remarks in an article in April 2016, in which she likened a contestant in the TV show “Survivor” to President Erdoğan. Ketenciler is standing trial because the article was posted on the news website T24.

P24 monitored the hearing, where both Mağden and Keteciler were represented by their lawyers. Ketenciler’s lawyer requested a continuance for their final defense statement in response to the prosecutor’s final opinion of the case. Accepting the request, the court adjourned the trial until 21 March.

22 November 2018:

“Insulting the president” case against Perihan Mağden adjourned
 
The trial in which author and columnist Perihan Mağden and journalist İnan Ketenciler stand accused of “insulting the president” resumed on 22 November at the 2nd Criminal Court of First Instance of Istanbul.
 
Mağden is accused because of her remarks in an article in April 2016, in which she likened a contestant in the TV show “Survivor” to President Erdoğan. Ketenciler is standing trial because the article was posted in the news website T24.
 
The court adjourned the trial until 21 February 2019 for Mağden’s final defense statement.