ANKARA - A court in northern Turkey Thursday handed down a suspended sentence of 14 months in jail to a left-wing activist for hurling an egg at Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the all-news CNN Turk channel reported.
The court in the Black Sea city of Trabzon ruled that the defendant committed the offense of "insulting the prime minister," but decided to suspend the sentence because he had no earlier criminal record and displayed good conduct in court.
Two protestors shouted anti-government slogans and hurled an egg at Erdogan, which missed its target, while the prime minister was making a speech at the inauguration ceremony of a highway in Trabzon in June 2005.
The court acquitted the second protestor.
Ten other people are currently on trial in Turkey for throwing eggs at Erdogan.
04/13/2006 15:50 GMT