Conviction Upheld For Opposition Figure For Insulting Erdogan

ISTANBUL, TURKEY - MAY 12: Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu (C) delivers a speech next to CHP Istanbul chairperson Canan Kaftancioglu (L) and Istanbul's mayor Ekrem Imamoglu (R) at the party's headquarters on May 12, 2022 in Istanbul, Turkey. TTurkey's top court upheld convictions and a jail term against leading opposition politician Canan Kaftancioglu for insulting the president and the state. Kaftancioglu heads the main opposition Republican People's Party's (CHP) Istanbul branch and played a significant role in municipal elections in the city that saw the CHP take over the mayoralty, which had been held by President Tayyip Erdogan's AK Party for the last 25 years. (Photo by Burak Kara/Getty Images)