Offense of insulting the President, Turkish Penal Code 299. in the article, it is specifically regulated in the section Crimes against the Signs of Sovereignty of the State and the Dignity of its Bodies. Article 125 of the Turkish Penal Code appears as a separate regulation for the offense of defamation, which is generally regulated in the section of Crimes Against Honor.
About the occurrence of a crime of insulting the President, the Supreme Court should attribute or explain to him or her the acts or adjectives that shake the thoughts or feelings of society about his or her social value “ for the occurrence of this crime “. What kind of actions are a violation of honor and reputation should be determined according to the average thinking and understanding prevailing in society, the measure in determining this is not the specific sensitivity of the individual. In this respect, a simple disrespect cannot be described as an insult and a insult,”he says.