Posted on 07/18/2018 6:20:39 PM PDT by Texas Fossil
SULAIMANI — Turkey’s main opposition leader was fined on Wednesday (July 18) for defaming President Tayyip Erdogan and his family over claims about international money transfers, the state-run Anadolu news agency said.
Erdogan has dismissed the allegations by Republican People’s Party (CHP) chairman Kemal Kilicdaroglu, saying in November last year that his family “haven’t sent a dime abroad”.
Officials at the presidency could not immediately be reached for comment.
The president, who was re-elected three weeks ago and assumed sweeping new executive powers, had vowed to take Kilicdaroglu to court, saying he would “pay the price”.
Kilicdaroglu has since been ordered to pay Erdogan moral damages in several court cases, but Wednesday’s ruling ordering a 359,000 lira ($75,000) payment to the president and his close circle marked the largest sum yet.
Separately, authorities also launched an investigation into Kilicdaroglu after he posted a cartoon on social media in which Erdogan’s face was drawn onto several animals, with the caption “Land of Tayyip”, Anadolu said.
The cartoon was a reference to a similar one used to mock Erdogan by students from Turkey’s Middle East Technical University during their graduation ceremony earlier this month. Four students were arrested in relation to the cartoon for “insulting the president”.
Insulting the president is a crime punishable by up to four years in prison in Turkey, and Erdogan’s lawyers have filed more than 1,800 cases against people on such accusations.
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Turkey is being destroyed, I think the Kemalists sense it. Erdogan on the other hand, ignores it. He is drunk with dictatorial power.
This is a Russian source, but the article is credible. Worthwhile read.
This is NATO> I am not going to go die for NATO!!
“Turkey is being destroyed...”
Good!
Erdogan has dismissed the allegations by Republican People’s Party (CHP) chairman Kemal Kilicdaroglu, saying in November last year that his family “haven’t sent a dime abroad”.
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That’s right, it wasn’t a dime....it was millions and millions of dollars and Euros. A dime is not worth bothering with.
Erdogan’s family? You are correct.
The CHP Chairman Kilicdaroglu? He may actually be telling the truth. On a certain level, there is not much difference between CHP and AKP. But CHP are not Islamists and not great thieves like Erdogan’s family.
If you look at the CHP chairman’s photo at the link, he is an older man than Erdogan. In an earlier day, the Kemalists would have ended this. I think they plan to do just that when the moment presents it.
Yes, Turkey is NATO. Has been since 1952. There were no Islamists in charge in 1952. And not since then, until Erdogan.
NATO is worthless.. Germany has pipeline with Russia and but 70% of their energy from Russia. I see zero threat from
Russia,which is now more Christian than we are!! Hey fossile, have a good weekend.
You too my friend. We can disagree and still be friends. And we agree on most things.
Thanks.
Yep
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