Journalist Jailed For Two Years After Insulting President

A well-known Turkish journalist has been sentenced to two years imprisonment for publicly making reference to a quote perceived as an insult to the president.

The comment by the journalist was taken to be a reference to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in his lavish seat of power.

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An Istanbul court on Friday was said to have found Sedef Kabas guilty of presidential insult and handed down a prison sentence of two years and four months, the MLSA lawyers’ association announced on Friday.

Following the decision, however, the journalist Kabas was released from pretrial detention.

Recall that in January, the journalist had denounced, among other things, the Turkish government’s harsh treatment of critics in a television programme.

There and later on Twitter, she quoted a proverb: “When an ox goes to a palace, it doesn’t become a king, but the palace becomes a stable.’’

She did not explicitly mention Erdogan or his presidential palace in Ankara.

According to the lawyers’ association, Kabas said in the courtroom that she had not insulted the president, but that she had the right to criticise the government.

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