Cumhuriyet columnist Barış Pehlivan announced that AKP Chairman and President Tayyip Erdoğan lost the 250 thousand TL defamation damages lawsuit he filed against CHP Group Deputy Chair Özgür Özel in December 2020. In December 2020, CHP Group Deputy Chairman Özgür Özel reacted to AKP President Erdoğan’s “fifth column” statement against the opposition. Özel said that Erdoğan pointed to the opposition with the words “Just as we have frustrated the attacks for the last 7 years, we will frustrate these fifth column activities in the same way” and said “Our nation will show this Franco wannabe dictator to the first ballot box and send him back as he came”. Erdoğan filed a 250 thousand TL lawsuit against Özel for moral damages on the grounds that he insulted him. In the petition of the lawsuit filed by Erdoğan’s lawyer Hüseyin Aydın, it was stated that Özel “made extraordinarily heavy insults against Erdoğan in the meeting, violating his personal rights, with the intention of attacking his personal rights.”
According to Cumhuriyet columnist Barış Pehlivan, Erdoğan’s lawsuit against Özel was rejected.
*”What really excites me is the reasoning behind this decision,” Pehlivan wrote: “It was two years ago…*
*CHP Group Deputy Chairman Özgür Özel reacted to President Erdoğan’s term “fifth column” against the opposition. Özel pointed out that the first person to use the term “fifth column” was the Spanish dictator Franco and criticized Erdoğan as a “Franco-wannabe dictator”.*
*”As you know, Erdoğan filed a 250 thousand TL lawsuit against Özel for non-pecuniary damages.”*
*”Now I heard that a decision has been made in that case. The Ankara 12th Civil Court of First Instance decided to dismiss the lawsuit. What really excites me is the reasoning behind this decision. I will summarize and quote it:”*
*”In the concrete case, since the plaintiff Mr. President is a person who is known and recognized by the society at the highest level, whose speeches and behaviors are followed in detail by the whole society, whose actions affect or have the potential to affect everyone, and since he holds the highest executive and state office, it is quite natural that he will be opposed and that this opposition will criticize him harshly; in this case, it is evaluated that the plaintiff Mr. President is in a position to show a higher level of tolerance against expressions containing severe political criticism against him than people who are not in the same situation.”*
*”Erdoğan was obviously not happy with this decision. The case is now at the Court of Appeal, let’s see what that court will say…”*
Wannabe dictator and World (in)famous crybaby when someone “insults” him.
The real insult is him being a president.
he called him “diktator bozuntusu” which translates to “wanna-be dictator”, but it’s way more insulting than that, more like “embarrassment of a dictator” and probably even more.
the CHP lawmaker is probably among the top5 most powerful figures in CHP
Cant wait for all the erdobots to come and explain how the lawmaker is actually a very dangerous terrorist
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Translated from the article:
Cumhuriyet columnist Barış Pehlivan announced that AKP Chairman and President Tayyip Erdoğan lost the 250 thousand TL defamation damages lawsuit he filed against CHP Group Deputy Chair Özgür Özel in December 2020. In December 2020, CHP Group Deputy Chairman Özgür Özel reacted to AKP President Erdoğan’s “fifth column” statement against the opposition. Özel said that Erdoğan pointed to the opposition with the words “Just as we have frustrated the attacks for the last 7 years, we will frustrate these fifth column activities in the same way” and said “Our nation will show this Franco wannabe dictator to the first ballot box and send him back as he came”. Erdoğan filed a 250 thousand TL lawsuit against Özel for moral damages on the grounds that he insulted him. In the petition of the lawsuit filed by Erdoğan’s lawyer Hüseyin Aydın, it was stated that Özel “made extraordinarily heavy insults against Erdoğan in the meeting, violating his personal rights, with the intention of attacking his personal rights.”
According to Cumhuriyet columnist Barış Pehlivan, Erdoğan’s lawsuit against Özel was rejected.
*”What really excites me is the reasoning behind this decision,” Pehlivan wrote: “It was two years ago…*
*CHP Group Deputy Chairman Özgür Özel reacted to President Erdoğan’s term “fifth column” against the opposition. Özel pointed out that the first person to use the term “fifth column” was the Spanish dictator Franco and criticized Erdoğan as a “Franco-wannabe dictator”.*
*”As you know, Erdoğan filed a 250 thousand TL lawsuit against Özel for non-pecuniary damages.”*
*”Now I heard that a decision has been made in that case. The Ankara 12th Civil Court of First Instance decided to dismiss the lawsuit. What really excites me is the reasoning behind this decision. I will summarize and quote it:”*
*”In the concrete case, since the plaintiff Mr. President is a person who is known and recognized by the society at the highest level, whose speeches and behaviors are followed in detail by the whole society, whose actions affect or have the potential to affect everyone, and since he holds the highest executive and state office, it is quite natural that he will be opposed and that this opposition will criticize him harshly; in this case, it is evaluated that the plaintiff Mr. President is in a position to show a higher level of tolerance against expressions containing severe political criticism against him than people who are not in the same situation.”*
*”Erdoğan was obviously not happy with this decision. The case is now at the Court of Appeal, let’s see what that court will say…”*
Wannabe dictator and World (in)famous crybaby when someone “insults” him.
The real insult is him being a president.
he called him “diktator bozuntusu” which translates to “wanna-be dictator”, but it’s way more insulting than that, more like “embarrassment of a dictator” and probably even more.
the CHP lawmaker is probably among the top5 most powerful figures in CHP
Cant wait for all the erdobots to come and explain how the lawmaker is actually a very dangerous terrorist