Ahmet Özel

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has filed a criminal complaint against columnist Ragıp Zarakolu, managing directors of daily Evrensel and news site artıgerçek, over an opinion piece which he said was "touting a coup."

Prominent columnist Cengiz Çandar faces four years in jail for "insulting" President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an in seven opinion pieces published on the Radikal news website. 

An Istanbul court has accepted an indictment by a prosecutor who demanded up to four years in jail for former MP and retired international footballer Hakan ?ükür for "insulting" President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an and his son. 

Nokta Magazine author Perihan Ma?den faces up to four years in prison for allegedly insulting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an in statements on a police raid on the magazine in late 2015 that was published in Turkish news portal Diken.

Another court case has been opened by an Istanbul court against Sedat Ergin, Hürriyet's editor-in-chief, and Ekrem Dumanl?, Zaman's former editor-in-chief, accusing them of insulting the president in two separate stories on their newspapers' websites, while two other journalist, Can Dündar and Erdem Gül, Cumhuriyet's editor-in-chief and Ankara office chief respectively, are to complete their fi

Two separate probes have been launched against Cengiz Çandar, Radikal news portal columnist, for his seven articles allegedly insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an. 

"The personal rights of my client, President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an, were abused by accusation via press including insults," said Erdo?an's lawyer, Ahmet Özel, in his petition. 

An Istanbul court launches probe into a book by Tolga Tan??, the Washington correspondent of daily Hürriyet, following a complaint by President Erdo?an?s lawyer An Istanbul court has launched a probe into Tolga Tan??, the Washington correspondent of daily Hürriyet, following a complaint by President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an?s lawyer Ahmet Özel, who accused the journalist for ?slandering?

The houses of two journalists in southern Turkey have been raided by police for ?insulting? President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an on Twitter, while another journalist has testified in Istanbul for committing the same alleged crime in his book.