Merdan Yanardağ

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Writer Yanardağ faced 2 separate trials in 2023. He was tried for “insulting the president” starting in March, on charges stemming from a 2022 article. Additionally, he was detained in June after criticizing Abdullah Öcalan’s treatment in prison and tried for “terrorist propaganda.” He was acquitted of this and released in October. Yanardağ was acquitted of “insulting the president” in November 2023.