(7 Apr 2016) The trial of a Turkish journalist accused of insulting President Tayyip Recep Erdogan was opened and immediately adjourned in Istanbul on Thursday.
Cengiz Candar, a veteran columnist of the newspapers Radikal and Hurriyet, faces up to four years in prison on charges of insulting the president in seven articles that appeared in Radikal.
His next appearance in court was set for May 31.
Ahead of Thursday's trial, Candar published a column in Radikal announcing his retirement from journalism after 40 years.
His column appeared in the liberal-leaning online newspaper's final edition on Wednesday before its shutdown for economic reasons.
The Constitutional Court is evaluating the annulment of Turkish Penal Code’s 299th numbered article on insulting the President of the Republic following an Istanbul court’s appeal.
As many as 1,845 cases have been opened against people accused of insulting Erdogan since he came to office in 2014.
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