Claim: İbrahim Balaban was sentenced to six months in Bursa Prison and payment of a fine for growing cannabis in 1937, and was subsequently increased to three years in prison because he was unable to pay the fine.
Evidence: In 1937 at the age of 16, Balaban was sentenced to six months in Bursa Prison and payment of a fine for growing cannabis, a crime he allegedly did not commit. His sentence was increased to three years in prison because he was unable to pay the fine.