The Diyarbakir Chief Public Prosecutor's Office of Turkey had filed a lawsuit against Rojhilat Aksoy, former vice president of the Middle East Film Academy Association and filmmaker.

The reason was that she had screened the animated film "Aurora's Sunrise" in Diyarbakir, which tells the story of Aurora Mardiganian, an Armenian woman who had survived the 1915 Armenian Genocide, Ermenihaber.am reports.

The trial against the filmmaker was based on Article 301 of the Turkish Criminal Code. Accordingly, Aksoy was charged with "publicly insulting the Turkish nation, the Republic of Turkey, the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, the Government of the Republic of Turkey, and the judicial bodies of the state."

The indictment states that the lawsuit is against her was because she had filed a petition to screen the aforementioned film.

The second court hearing in the case of Rojhilat Aksoy took place Monday  at the Diyarbakir First Instance Criminal Court. The indictment stated that the aforementioned film depicted the events of 1915 as genocide and the Armenians as victims of inhuman treatment.

Aksoy's lawyer stated that they did not agree with the abovementioned opinion and asked for his client's acquittal. According to him, such trials limit freedom of speech and put pressure on art.

The lawyer noted that his client is not the director of the film, but only participated in its screening. At the same time, he added that even if she were the director, it would be the same, as it should be considered within the framework of freedom of speech.

“The European Court of Human Rights has precedents on this issue. There are decisions in which individuals and institutions, including the Diyarbakir Bar Association, which were prosecuted for spreading information about the events of 1915, were acquitted,” the attorney noted.

And following the above arguments, the court acquitted Rojhilat Aksoy.