Claim 676

The statutory penalty under the insult law.

Published 2026-09-23. Last reviewed 2026-09-22. 1 source.

Statement: The statutory penalty under the insult law.
Field: action
Value: Insult conviction can carry up to four years
About: incident 2022-turkiye-prosecutes-sedef-kabas
Source: Turkish journalist Sedef Kabas facing new trial for 'insulting' President Erdogan
Publisher: Committee to Protect Journalists
Method: outlet report
Checked: 2026-09-22
Confidence: medium
Status: current
Source date: 2023-06-22

Quotation from the source

Insulting Turkey's president can carry a prison sentence of up to four years, with an added penalty if the insult was made in public.