Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan addresses members of parliament from his ruling AK Party (AKP) during a meeting at the Turkish parliament in Ankara, Turkey, November 27, 2018. REUTERS/Umit Bektas//File PhotoISTANBUL, Jan 22 (Reuters) - A Turkish court on Saturday ordered well-known journalist Sedef Kabas to be jailed pending trial on a charge of insulting President Tayyip Erdogan, CNN Turk said, targeting her with a law under which tens of thousands have been prosecuted. The law on insulting the president carries a jail sentence of between one and four years. read moreThousands have been charged and sentenced over the crime of insulting Erdogan in the seven years since he moved from being prime minister to president. Since 2014, the year Erdogan became president, 160,169 investigations were launched over insulting the president, 35,507 cases were filed and there were 12,881 convictions.

Source: CNN January 22, 2022 17:16 UTC