Trial of journalists Mustafa Büyüksipahi and Barış Pehlivan adjourned

The sixth hearing of the trial against former Cumhuriyet newspaper Publication Coordinator and 12punto Editor-in-Chief Mustafa Büyüksipahi and Cumhuriyet columnist and journalist Barış Pehlivan, charged with "insulting a public official" due to reports concerning Council of Judges and Prosecutors (HSK) member Hamit Kocabey, was held at the Ankara 19th Criminal Court of First Instance.

According to MLSA; Pehlivan’s lawyer Onat Doğu Akoluk stated that his client wished to be present at the hearing to provide a statement against the prosecutor's opinion, but had another hearing today at the Istanbul 15th Criminal Court of First Instance. Therefore, he requested that a new hearing date be set for his client to present his defense.

The hearing was adjourned until July 3 at 14:00 for Pehlivan’s defense to be heard.