Former AKP lawmaker sued for damages for allegedly insulting Erdoğan

Hüseyin Kocabıyık, a former lawmaker from Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), is facing a lawsuit seeking non-pecuniary damages over his alleged insults of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Kocabıyık said in a post on X that the lawsuit seeks 400,000 lira (around $9,100) in compensation. He criticized the case, writing, “Apparently they are strengthening […] The post Former AKP lawmaker sued for damages for allegedly insulting Erdoğan appeared first on Stockholm Center for Free...

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