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Doğan Holding Ankara Administrative Representative Barbaros Muratoğlu has been acquitted in the trial of July 15 coup attempt.
Muratoğlu was charged with knowingly and willingly aiding Fethullahist Terror Organization/Parallel State Structure (FETÖ/PDY) organization as non-member and sentenced to 2 years and 1 month in prison by İstanbul 13th Heavy Penal Court on June 15.
Kept in custody for six months, Muratoğlu had taken the file to the court of appeal after he was released.
İstanbul Regional Court of Justice 2nd Chamber of Penalty found Muratoğlu’s objection justified and reversed the lower court’s verdict.
The court in its decision of acquittal stated that crime of “aiding an armed terror organization” wasn’t constituted. (EKN/TK)
