German-Turkish journalist Deniz Yücel was fined on Tuesday by an Istanbul court for insulting a public official, according to court documents seen by dpa. Almost three years after he was released from a Turkish prison, Yücel was handed a fine of 7,080 Turkish liras (about 520 dollars) for insulting the prosecutor who led the investigation against him. In a February 2019 tweet, Yücel said he would not contradict the description of the official as “stupidest prosecutor at Caglayan,” a reference to an İstanbul courthouse. The prosecutor’s investigation ultimately led to Yücel’s pre-trial detentio…