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With the transition to the party presidential system, the number of accused of “insulting the president” increases every year. Thousands of people, from social media posts to the leader of the main opposition party, from children to foreign nationals, were prosecuted, tried and convicted for insulting AKP President Erdogan. 36 thousand 66 people have been investigated in the last year. While 5,233 people were tried for this charge in 2018, in 2019 the number more than doubled to 12,298, and 3,831 people were punished.
According to the Justice Statistics of the Ministry of Justice in 2019, according to article 299 of the TCK, which establishes that the prison sentence of one to four years is increased by one sixth if it is committed publicly, 36 thousand 66 people were prosecuted in a year, 12,298 of them. He was tried in the cases presented.
30 THOUSAND PEOPLE HAVE BEEN JUDGED
According to the data, the number of those prosecuted and convicted of “insult” increased by thousands, compared to presidents who were not “officially” affiliated with any political party before Erdogan.
According to the news from Nurcan Gökdemir in Birgün, Compared to previous years, there was a big explosion in the number of citizens who were tried under article 299 of the Turkish Penal Code during the period of Erdogan’s first presidency, which began in 2014. At the end of 2018, the number defendants increased to 17,406. While 5,233 people were tried in 2018, in 2019 this number doubled to 12,298. Thus, the number of those tried for insulting Erdogan during his presidency increased to 29,704.
PENALTY FOR 9 THOUSAND 500 SECONDS
On average, a third of those charged with this charge were convicted of convictions. Erdogan’s first election, 40 in 2014, 238 in 2015, 884 in 2016, 2 thousand 99 in 2017, 2 thousand 462 defendants were convicted in 2018, while in 2019 the figure was 3 thousand 831. Thus, 9,554 people were punished with accusations of insults during the Erdogan period. While the number of citizens who received the biggest punishment in a year for insulting the president was 44 in recent years, these numbers began to be expressed in the thousands with Erdogan.
PENALTY FOR 2 THOUSAND 663 PEOPLE
Of the defendants, the number of prison sentences was also incomparably higher than in previous years. With the 2019 figures, the number of those who were sentenced to prison terms during Erdogan’s term was 2,663.
STILL KILLED OZAL
2019 “insult” data:
-36 thousand 66 people were investigated
-12 thousand 298 people were tried
-3 thousand 831 people were fined
Processes according to their predecessors:
During the period of the Kenan Universe, 340
During the period of Turgut Özal, 207
During the reign of Süleyman Demirel, 158
163 during the period of Ahmet Necdet Sezer
848 during the time of Abdullah Gül
They also judged the children:
-318 children (105 between the ages of 12-14, 213 between the ages of 15-18)
-3 legal entities
-120 foreigners
-10 thousand 730 men
56 thousand women
-30 children were sentenced (7 12-14, 23 15-17 years)
-4 children were incarcerated
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