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Update Zehra Ömeroglu acquitted

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D. D. Degg Published: June 26, 2025 Updated: June 26, 2025 1 minute 0 comments

Following up on the obscenity trial of Zehra Ömeroğlu in Turkey comes great news:

After five long years of proceedings, punctuated by postponements, the Istanbul Court of First Instance finally ruled in favor of acquittal on Thursday, June 26.

The Turkish cartoonist was tried for “obscenity” for a cartoon published in LeMan magazine in 2020 and faced a prison sentence of six months to three years and a fine.

In the expert report dated March 5, 2025, it was declared that the work was protected by the Intellectual and Artistic Works Act. The Istanbul Court of First Instance ruled in agreement with this opinion and acquitted Zehra Ömeroğlu.

Cartooning for Peace has the details.