Cartoonist Melih Gürler jailed in Samsun Bafra Type T Closed Prison has received prison sentence for allegedly “insulting Justice Minister Bekir Bozdağ” in a letter he wrote to jailed HDP Co-chair Selahattin Demirtaş.

Gürler was given 10 months prison sentence, 980 TL fine as bail for Minister Bozdağ's lawyer, and 11 TL fine as court costs.

Güler had been been sentenced to 1 year and 6 months in jail before for “insulting the President” in a letter he wanted to send to an Ankara address with the name of Abdül Müttalip.