Former Miss Turkey, Merve Buyuksarac, has been sentenced to 14-months jail time for insulting President Tayyip Erdogan through a poem she shared on Instagram.
According to Huffington Post, the 27-year-old Buyuksarac was found guilty today by an Istanbul court and handed the sentence, but it was suspended on condition that she will not repeat same in the next five years.
Buyuksarac posted a satirical poem in January 2015, she was arrested and detained and an Istanbul prosecutor called for her prosecution for insulting a public official.
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In Turkey, insulting a public official is punishable by up to four years in prison. But it was not applied until Erdogan won the elections, and now has about 800 cases of people who shaded him. Huff Post adds that many of these people include teenagers and even cartoonists.
According to Huffington Post, the 27-year-old Buyuksarac was found guilty today by an Istanbul court and handed the sentence, but it was suspended on condition that she will not repeat same in the next five years.
Buyuksarac posted a satirical poem in January 2015, she was arrested and detained and an Istanbul prosecutor called for her prosecution for insulting a public official.
.
In Turkey, insulting a public official is punishable by up to four years in prison. But it was not applied until Erdogan won the elections, and now has about 800 cases of people who shaded him. Huff Post adds that many of these people include teenagers and even cartoonists.
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