A court in Turkey condemns the leader of the main party of the Turkish opposition to pay compensation to the president’s call “dictator”.
“The civil court in Ankara has ruled that the leader of the Republican People’s Party (CHP), Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, has to pay 50,000 Turkish lira ($ 17,200) President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to call it ‘false dictator’ “, reported Thursday the agency Turkish news Anadolu.
Kılıçdaroğlu, the source said, made the remarks last January 16 during the 35th Annual Convention of the CHP, and at a meeting of its parliamentary group on January 19. His lawyer has denied the allegations.
The civil court in Ankara ruled that the leader of the Republican People’s Party (CHP), Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, has to pay 50,000 Turkish lira (US $ 17,200) to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to call it ‘false dictator’ “reported this Thursday Turkish local news agency Anadolu.
However, the attorney Erdogan argues that the words of opposition leader are “extraordinarily important insults” which were intended to damage the image of the president of the country.
According Article 299 of the Turkish Penal Code, the crime of insulting the president is collected, it could be between one and four years in prison.
Since Erdogan took office. August 2014, at least 68 people have been prosecuted for “insulting the president.” In addition, between 2002 and 2014, Erdogan still as prime minister, launched hundreds of lawsuits for alleged defamation against journalists, cartoonists and ordinary citizens.
Last March, a Turkish court sentenced the journalist of the leftist newspaper Birgün Baris Ince to 21 months in prison for “insulting” to Erdogan.
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