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Turkey: Journalist Pelin Ünker given prison sentence for "Paradise Papers" reports (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News January 9, 2019

An Istanbul court has convicted Pelin Ünker of "libel" and "insult" in a case filed by lawyers representing Parliament Speaker and former PM Binali Yıldırım and his sons.
Source: MEDIA FEED

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