07.07.2025 14:32
President Erdoğan filed a lawsuit for 500,000 TL in damages against CHP Chairman Özgür Özel at the Ankara Civil Court. Özel had targeted President Erdoğan with harsh words during his speech on Saturday.
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President Erdoğan filed a lawsuit for 500,000 Turkish Lira in moral damages against CHP Chairman Özgür Özel due to his remarks targeting him during the press conference held after the MYK. Lawyer Hüseyin Aydın, who announced the development, stated, "Additionally, a criminal complaint has been filed with the Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor's Office for the crime of insulting the President and for the crime of threats under TCK 310/2."
HARSH WORDS FROM ÖZEL TOWARDS ERDOĞAN
CHP Chairman Özgür Özel used harsh expressions against President Erdoğan during his press statement after the MYK on July 5, 2025. Özel said, "I challenge Erdoğan once again from here. Since you are the first party, come. Coward of God. Coward of God, even if you are the first party, you would go to the ballot box dancing. You have been begging me for days. 'Come sit in Ankara.' Supposedly, he is not disturbed by the rallies. 'Sit in Ankara, do not hold rallies in Istanbul.' He openly says, 'Leave Ekrem.' He has even placed a sword on my head. No June 30, or September 8. 'Come take the lead of your party.' I would rather lie next to Ekrem President in Silivri until the election with my honor than sit at the head of your party with your permission.
"I WILL SHOW YOU A HORROR MOVIE"
Look, we are currently rehearsing in those squares. In 81 provinces, you are watching a trailer, a trailer. I will show you a horror movie. You get worse, may you not get worse than that... May you not be the one who does not show you the horror movie. You are watching a trailer with 2 million people. One day will come, look, do not let the ballot box be removed. You will go to the ballot box like a gentleman. Here is November 2 in front of you. If you do not put a ballot box on November 2, I will put a ballot box in November. Will I put it, will I not, we will see together. No, if you try to take the ballot box by force, we will save the ballot box with the same hands that set it up. Those hands are the hands of Gazi Mustafa Kemal Atatürk and İsmet Paşa. Those are the hands that first saved the country and then governed it not with swords, shields, or rifles, but with the ballot box. Whatever struggle was given until that ballot box was set up, that struggle will also be given to protect that ballot box. After that, you will watch the democracy squares in Turkey on television just like you watched the square in Egypt," he stated.
ÖZEL'S WORDS SPURRED ERDOĞAN INTO ACTION
President Erdoğan took action following CHP leader Özel's remarks directed at him. Erdoğan filed a lawsuit for 500,000 TL in moral damages against Özel at the Ankara Civil Court.
"A LAWSUIT FOR 500 THOUSAND TL IN MORAL DAMAGES HAS BEEN FILED"
Lawyer Hüseyin Aydın, who announced the development, used the following statements; "A lawsuit for 500,000 TL in moral damages has been filed at the Ankara Civil Court due to the baseless accusations, insulting statements, and threatening remarks targeting our esteemed President made by CHP Chairman Özgür Özel during his press statement after the MYK on July 5, 2025."
"A CRIMINAL COMPLAINT HAS BEEN FILED FOR INSULT AND THREAT"
Additionally, a criminal complaint has been filed with the Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor's Office for the crime of insulting the President and for the crime of threats under TCK 310/2. It is respectfully submitted for the information of the public."
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