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Heard about a journalist in Turkey who got a 3 year sentence for a tweet last month
A reporter named Sedef Kabaş was convicted for 'insulting the president' over a social media post. The story got almost no coverage outside local news. It makes you wonder how many other cases like this just vanish. Anyone know of similar stuff happening in other places?
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kelly_hill27d ago
Sedef Kabaş actually got more than 3 years - her sentence was 3 years, 6 months, and 22 days for a single tweet. The legal system there has broad interpretations of what counts as insulting officials, which is why you see a whole bunch of these cases popping up, not just isolated incidents. Thailand is another place with strict lèse-majesté laws where people get hit with similar sentences for online posts.
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shanel132mo ago
Turkey's laws on insulting officials are clear and have been on the books for years. The court just followed the legal process in that reporter's case. Every country has the right to set its own rules for public speech to keep order. You don't see international news covering every libel case in other places either.
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nathan5452mo ago
Honestly it's like watching people defend a bad call in sports just because it's technically in the rulebook. You see it everywhere now, from HOA fines for grass being half an inch too tall to getting flagged for some tiny social media post. The rule might be there, but applying it that strictly feels more about power than keeping order. Makes you wonder who the rules are really serving.
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