(Turkey) Journalist Sedef Kabaş was arrested for “insulting the President”

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    >Journalist Sedef Kabaş, who was transferred to the courthouse after being detained within the scope of the investigation launched against her for the crime of ‘insulting the President’ in Turkey, was arrested by the judge’s office.

    >Journalist Sedef Kabaş, who was detained for her remarks about AKP President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has been arrested.

    >Kabaş used the expressions, “There is a very famous saying that the crowned head will make sense. But we see that it is not true. Or there is a saying on the contrary. **When a cattle enters a palace, he does not become a king. That palace becomes a barn.**” .

    >Kabaş was targeted by AKP Spokesperson Ömer Çelik, Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu, Environment, Urban Planning and Climate Change Minister Murat Kurum and Presidency Spokesperson İbrahim Kalın.

    >RTÜK launched an investigation against journalist Sedef Kabaş, who was investigated for the words she said to Erdoğan on her television show. As part of the investigation, police teams went to Kabaş’s house in Sarıyer at around 02:00 and detained him.

    >Sedef Kabaş, who was taken to the Istanbul Police Department on Vatan Street, was referred to the courthouse. Kabaş was referred to the judgeship with a request for arrest on the charge of “insulting the President” by the prosecutor’s office. The criminal judgeship of peace on duty has issued an arrest warrant for Kabaş.

    >Lawyer Uğur Poyraz shared on social media, “My client, Sedef Kabaş, is at the Istanbul Police Department on Vatan Street. Now I’m going with him.” Poyraz later conveyed the information that “Tomorrow he will be taken to the Istanbul Courthouse after giving his statement.”

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