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28-Jan-2019 11:33 |
10 January 2019: The Istanbul 2nd Criminal Court of First Instance did not defer the sentences imposed on Mağden and Öğreten.
21 June 2018: 17 May 2018: The latest hearing in a case where journalists Perihan Mağden, Tunca Öğreten, Orhan Şahin and Mehmet Çağlar Tekin stand accused of “insulting the president” was held on May 17 at the Istanbul 2nd Criminal Court of First Instance. Öğreten and Tekin attended the ninth hearing, monitored by P24. Mağden and Şahin were not present, and were instead represented by their lawyers. The charges stem from an interview with Mağden, posted on September 14, 2015, on the news portal Diken. Tekin is on trial for posting the same interview on the website of the Yurt newspaper. Addressing the court during the hearing, Tekin rejected the accusations. Asserting that he was not the responsible managing editor of Yurt newspaper at the time of the interview’s publishing, Tekin reiterated his previous defence statement. Speaking after Tekin, Öğreten requested for additional time for his defence. Issuing an interim ruling at the end of the hearing, the court adjourned the trial until October 18, 2018.
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