Prosecutions For ‘Insulting the President’ Continue in Türkiye

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image Lawyers protest the arrest of their colleagues outside the Çağlayan courthouse in İstanbul, Türkiye, May 12, 2025. (C) 2025 Istanbul Bar Association © 2025 Istanbul Bar Association Last week, university student Esila Ayık was released after 40 days in detention following her arrest for holding a banner calling Türkiye’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, a dictator at a protest in Istanbul. The protest was against the politically motivated arrest and detention of Istanbul mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu in March and the subsequent arrests of students during the demonstrations…

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