Prison request for Şaban Sevinç and Mustafa Balcı for three separate crimes

Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office filed an indictment against journalists Şaban Sevinç and Mustafa Balcı, who were arrested on October 9.

In the indictment, it was requested that the two journalists be punished for the crimes of "publicly insulting a public official due to his/her duty", "slander" and "publicly disseminating misleading information".

A prison sentence of up to 18 years, 11 months and 15 days was requested for Sevinç, and a prison sentence of up to 10 years and 10 months was requested for Balcı.

The accusations were based on posts about AKP Spokesperson Ömer Çelik and Osman Arıkan Nacar, who was mentioned in the fund investigation. It was stated that Balcı shared the photo of the two names in the same frame, and Sevinç made statements regarding the issue on X and YouTube.

In the indictment, it was requested that chain crime provisions be applied to Sevinç in terms of three crimes.