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Evrensel daily’s Managing Editor Çağrı Sarı has been sentenced to 11 months and 20 days in prison on charge of “defaming the President”. The sentence has been deferred.

Amedspor player Deniz Naki, who was taken into custody after Erdoğan’s attorneys filed a criminal complaint claiming he had “defamed the President” on Twitter, has been released as the Twitter account in question did not belong to him.

Executives of BirGün daily, İbrahim Aydın and Berkant Gültekin have been sentenced to 21 months in prison on charge of “defaming the President” have submitted themselves to Kırklareli Prison for the execution of their prison sentence. They are expected to be release since the period of release on probation has been increased to two years.

Actor and MHP MP candidate Mehmet Aslan has been taken into custody on charge of “defaming the President”.

The court has ruled to release university student Gizem Yerik on probation who had been taken into custody during a lecture and kept under detention for 76 days due to her postings on social media.

Cumhuriyet daily columnist Özgür Mumcu tried on charges of “defaming the president” demanding 4 years in prison has been acquitted.

45 intellectuals noting Article 299 of Turkish Penal Code which carries a prison sentence of four years for defaming the President was open to abuse and not compliant with the Constitution and decisions of ECtHR, have demanded abolition of the article.

BirGün correspondent Onur Erem has been sued on charges of “defamation” on basis of an interview he had with author Tarık Ali.