Claim 677

Outcome of her first prosecution under the same charge.

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

Statement: Outcome of her first prosecution under the same charge.
Field: action
Value: Earlier convicted and released pending appeal
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

Kabas was arrested for the same charge over her on-air comments in January 2022. She was found guilty and sentenced to two years and four months in prison, but was released pending appeal on March 11, 2022.