Moscow. June 5. INTERFAX.RU — In a Turkish court sentenced journalist Metin Uju to a year and two months in prison for what he tweeted criticized the state news Agency Anadolu for covering the elections of 2018, the newspaper Cumhuriyet.
the Court found him guilty of “insulting officials for their work”.
“I oppose the Anadolu Agency, which was founded by Ataturk, and became a propaganda Agency in the hands of unscrupulous people,” wrote Metin UJA on Twitter.
Anadolu four days before the presidential elections in Turkey, who prematurely passed June 24, 2018, published schedule with exemplary results that will be given to the candidates.
Director General of Anadolu þenol Kasanji and his Deputy Mustafa Ozkaya then filed a lawsuit against the Udzhi. The case was heard for almost two years. The journalist from the beginning has denied wrongdoing and called the accusations “ridiculous.”
“while the CEO (Anadolu), who created a virtual opportunity for the biggest in the history of vote rigging, not brought to justice, punish me when I mention this issue,” said UJA in his defense.
