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Tuesday, April 29, 2014

Turkish Journalist Sentenced to Prison for Insulting Prime Minister in a Tweet

Turkish Journalist Sentenced to Prison for Insulting Prime Minister in a Tweet

A Turkish journalist is going to prison for insulting Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Twitter.

The criminal court in Ankara sentenced Önder Aytaç, a well-known writer and columnist for the opposition newspaper Taraf, to a 10-month prison sentence on Monday for "insulting public officials" — in this case, Erdoğan, according to the BBC.

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