content tagged with Blasphemy

BirGün Newspaper Fined For Blasphemy

BirGün Newspaper Fined For Blasphemy

BirGün newspaper responsible editor and owner were fined for blasphemy due to two articles written by an anonymous columnist with the nickname “Tanrı (cc)” - god in Turkish.

26 November 2014

Fazıl Say Sentenced to 10 Months of Prison Again

Fazıl Say Sentenced to 10 Months of Prison Again

Pianist and composer Fazıl Say was sentenced to 10 months of prison for “overtly insulting religious values of a certain faction of society” in retrial.

20 September 2013

Ekşisözlük Writers Charged With Blasphemy, Face Prison Sentence

Ekşisözlük Writers Charged With Blasphemy, Face Prison Sentence

Prosecutors charged Sedat Kapanoğlu and 40 account holders with the “blasphemy on the religious values of a society fraction” due to their entries on Ekşisözlük, a popular social media website in Turkey. Site owner Kapanoğlu and other users are facing prison sentences from 6 up to 12 months.

7 August 2013 Elif Akgül

Author Nişanyan Sentenced to 13.5 Months of Prison

Author Nişanyan Sentenced to 13.5 Months of Prison

Istanbul 14th Peace Court convicted author Sevan Nişanyan to 13.5 months of prison for “openly insulting religious values of a certain faction of the society” in one of his articles.

Pianist Fazıl Say Receives Suspended Prison Sentence

Pianist Fazıl Say Receives Suspended Prison Sentence

An Istanbul court convicted Pianist Fazıl Say of blasphemy over his tweets, ordering him to serve 10 months of prison - a sentence that was later on suspended.