06.11.2025 21:32
President Erdoğan has filed a lawsuit for 500,000 TL in moral damages against Özgür Özel due to his remarks in Ümraniye. Erdoğan's lawyer, Hüseyin Aydın, stated, "A lawsuit for 500,000 TL in moral damages has been filed at the Ankara Civil Court due to the inappropriate statements and unfounded accusations targeting our esteemed President made by CHP Chairman Özgür Özel during the rally held in Ümraniye on November 5, 2025."
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan filed a lawsuit for moral damages amounting to 500,000 TL due to the statements made by CHP Chairman Özgür Özel during his speech in Ümraniye.
President Erdoğan's lawyer Hüseyin Aydın made the following statements in a written statement regarding the issue:
"A lawsuit for moral damages amounting to 500,000 TL has been filed at the Ankara Civil Court due to the inappropriate statements and unfounded accusations targeting our esteemed President made by CHP Chairman Özgür Özel during the rally held in Ümraniye on November 5, 2025."
Aydın also stated that a criminal complaint has been filed with the Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor's Office for the crime of insulting the President.
ERDOĞAN RESPONDED TO ÖZEL'S REMARKS
Speaking at the Library 5.0 and Human-Centered Digital Transformation International Conference held at the Beştepe National Library, President Erdoğan expressed his reaction to the words of CHP leader Özgür Özel in Ümraniye: "Dear friends, I would not want to bring this up in front of our distinguished guests like you. However, as politicians, we need to protect the reputation of the political institution against attacks. Yesterday, I followed the delusions of the leader of the main opposition party with embarrassment, both for his own party and for our country's politics. Is the one speaking the leader of Turkey's second-largest party, or is he a malfunctioning insult machine? Unfortunately, it is not clear. Turkey does not deserve such a political style, such a coarseness. On the other hand, we all know very well: When the mind is impoverished, the intellect becomes arrogant, and the tongue runs wild. There is, I say this with genuine sadness, a miserable person whose connection between his mind and tongue is completely severed, who does not hear what comes out of his mouth. This person is becoming increasingly aggressive with the lies he tells every other day, the slanders he throws at anyone who comes his way, and the insults he hurls in the squares. As the corruption of the criminal organization that has wrapped around local governments like an octopus is revealed, this person panics, becomes ugly, and loses control completely. We certainly will not condemn our nation to this increasingly low and unpleasant language, to these toxic discourses that infect politics. Yesterday, both our deputy chairman and party spokesperson, as well as my other friends, gave this person the answer he deserved without lowering themselves to his level. My advice to him is that we spoke little, so he should understand a lot."