{"id":140881,"date":"2026-08-05T15:14:46","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T15:14:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/140881\/"},"modified":"2026-08-05T15:14:46","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T15:14:46","slug":"turkey-investigates-opposition-lawmaker-for-allegedly-insulting-threatening-erdogan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/140881\/","title":{"rendered":"Turkey investigates opposition lawmaker for allegedly insulting, threatening Erdo\u011fan"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Turkish prosecutors have opened an investigation into an opposition lawmaker on suspicion of insulting and threatening President Recep Tayyip Erdo\u011fan in remarks she made at a political rally, the K\u0131sa Dalga news website reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The investigation targets Sera Kad\u0131gil, an Istanbul lawmaker and spokesperson for the Workers\u2019 Party of Turkey (T\u0130P), over a speech she delivered at a rally in the western city of \u0130zmir on July 31. Prosecutors did not specify which statements they considered insulting or threatening but said the inquiry was launched under provisions of the Turkish Penal Code covering both offenses. No charges have yet been filed.<\/p>\n

During the speech Kad\u0131gil said removing Erdo\u011fan from office was her party\u2019s foremost political objective but argued that replacing him alone would not solve Turkey\u2019s broader political and economic problems.<\/p>\n

\u201cGetting rid of Tayyip Erdo\u011fan is, of course, our biggest and first priority,\u201d Kad\u0131gil said. \u201cAnd I swear we will get rid of him. I promise we will.\u201d<\/p>\n

She then asked whether Erdo\u011fan was Turkey\u2019s only problem and argued that the opposition should also confront what she described as the political and economic system that had enabled his more than two decades in power.<\/p>\n

T\u0130P condemned the investigation as an attempt to criminalize political criticism, accusing prosecutors of targeting elected opposition politicians instead of addressing what it described as widespread injustice. The party called the investigation part of a broader \u201cwitch hunt\u201d against government critics.<\/p>\n

Kad\u0131gil, a lawyer, has served in parliament since 2018 and has represented T\u0130P since 2021. She is one of the party\u2019s most prominent public figures and serves as its spokesperson.<\/p>\n

Under Article 299 of Turkey\u2019s penal code, insulting the president carries a sentence of one to four years in prison. The sentence can be increased by one-sixth when the alleged offense is committed through the media. Thousands of people in Turkey have been investigated, prosecuted or convicted under the provision.<\/p>\n

Human rights organizations have long criticized the provision, saying it is used to prosecute politicians, journalists and other government critics for speech protected under international human rights standards.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Turkish prosecutors have opened an investigation into an opposition lawmaker on suspicion of insulting and threatening President Recep…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":140882,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[83],"tags":[422,423,67507,67169,5929,425,426,11968,312,12589,427,428,23798,429,67508,3579,431,67509,131,132,155,67510,67511,67512],"class_list":["post-140881","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-stockholm","tag-ak-party","tag-akp","tag-ankara-chief-public-prosecutors-office","tag-article-299","tag-criminal-investigation","tag-democracy","tag-erdogan","tag-freedom-of-expression","tag-human-rights","tag-insulting-the-president","tag-justice","tag-law","tag-opposition","tag-oppression","tag-political-speech","tag-recep-tayyip-erdogan","tag-rule-of-law","tag-sera-kadigil","tag-stockholm","tag-sweden","tag-turkey","tag-turkish-judiciary","tag-turkish-politics","tag-workers-party-of-turkey-tip"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@dk\/117043558613973376","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140881","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=140881"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140881\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/140882"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=140881"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=140881"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=140881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}