Turkey Frees 14 Youths Held over Erdogan Insult

They were arrested during the demonstrations in support of Ekrem Imamoglu.

Turkish court releases 14 students arrested during protests over İmamoğlu detention - Stockholm Center for Freedom

A Turkish court on Friday ordered the release of 14 students pending trial who were jailed for over two months following demonstrations protesting the arrest of İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, Turkish Minute reported, citing the DHA news agency. The students, many of whom are under the age of 20, were detained during protests held in front of İstanbul City Hall in Saraçhane in support of İmamoğlu, who was arrested in March amid a controversial in…

Mediafax A Turkish court ordered the release of 14 young prisoners from March to alleged abuses brought by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during the protests in support of the main opposition from Istanbul, Ekrem Immoglu. They were all arrested during the demonstrations to support Immoglu, Erdogan's main political rival who was imprisoned on 19 March on charges of corruption according to the French Presse agency. The arrest of the Prime Minister…

A Turkish court on Friday ordered the release from custody of 14 young people who are being prosecuted for allegedly insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during March protests in support of imprisoned Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, TASR reported, citing an AFP report.

Turkey frees 14 youths held over Erdogan insult

A Turkish court on Friday ordered the release of 14 youths jailed since March for allegedly insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during protests backing Istanbul’s imprisoned opposition mayor, according to the court decision seen by AFP. All were arrested during demonstrations in support of Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, an opponent of Erdogan whose arrest on March 19 had sparked an unprecedented wave of protest in Turkey since 2013. The jud…

An Istanbul court today ordered the release of 14 young people who had been detained since late March on charges of "insulting the president" of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan. More...