Avc\u0131 expressed that the article won an\naward abroad but considered as a crime in Tukrey and added: When the same\nauthors article was published on the clients column, clients was sued.\nMoreover, the client published the article as it was and asked, “Let’s see\nwhat they will respond to these claims.” Even this is a violation of\nfreedom of expression. \u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAccused news is lawful \u201d<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n He recalled that in the established\ncase-law of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) and the Court of\nCassation, there were decisions that could harshly criticize political\npersons. Avc\u0131 said, \u201cThe AKP leader\nis a political person and he is not exempt from these criticisms. The news is\nwithin the scope of freedom of expression. It is lawful and within the\nboundaries of reporting. Verme <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cJournalists\u2019 job is to ask questions\u201d<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n In his defense, Fatih Polat said, i\u015fi The\njob of the journalist is to ask questions. If you stop asking questions,\njournalism cannot be fulfilled. \u201d The\ncourt, explaining its decision, stated that the statements in the news were\nintended to inform the public and that the news was within the scope of freedom\nof information as defined in Article 28 of the Constitution and acquitted\nPolat. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The fourth hearing of the case against Evrensel newspaper’s editor-in-chief Fatih Polat on charges of insulting the President via his article published on 28 May 2017 titled \u201cWhat do Erdo\u011fan\u2019s respondents say about his family? was seenin court. Polat’s lawyer Devrim Avc\u0131 presented the original version of the news article on theblacksea.eu, which was included […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":7717,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jf_save_progress":"","_jf_limit_responses":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"jnews_post_split":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[4659,1],"tags":[3321,3322,3323,3324],"class_list":["post-7716","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-media-rights-violations","category-uncategorized","tag-defamation-to-president-en","tag-evrensel-newspaper-en","tag-fatih-polat-en","tag-violation-of-expression-freedom-en"],"yoast_head":"\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.internationaljournalists.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/fatih-polat2.jpg\")
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