Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, the leader of Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), has been ordered by a Turkish court to pay 95,000 Turkish liras ($19,500) in non-pecuniary damages for allegedly insulting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan who is also the chairman of ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP).
The 6th Civil Court of First Instance in the capital Ankara, in three back-to-back hearings on Friday, ordered CHP Chairman Kılıçdaroğlu to make the payment for immaterial damages. Kılıçdaroğlu was charged with attacking Erdoğan’s personal rights.
In June, Kılıçdaroğlu also lost two other lawsuits in cases related to the Turkish president and was ordered to pay 339,000 Turkish liras ($70,000) in damages to Erdoğan and his relatives.
A Turkish court has ordered Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP)deputy chair and party spokesperson Bülent Tezcan to pay non-pecuniary damages in the amount of TL 30,000 ($6,200) for calling Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan a “fascist dictator.”
Erdoğan’s lawyer, Hüseyin Aydın, announced the court’s verdict on Twitter. “In the lawsuit for non-pecuniary damages we filed, the court ruled for a fine of TL 30,000. Those who violate our president’s personal rights will be held accountable, no matter their status,” Aydın tweeted on Thursday.
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