An Istanbul court has sentenced Turkish-Armenian writer Sevan Nisanyan to 58 weeks in prison for an alleged insult to the Prophet Muhammad in a blog post.
The prosecutor had been seeking one and a half years of jail time for Nisanyan on charges of “insulting the religious beliefs held by a section of the society.”
The sentence cannot be converted to a financial penalty, but Nisanyan has the right to appeal. [Hürriyet Daily News] Read more
