12 of 170 intellectuals called for peace against Afrin operation, have filed a criminal complaint against President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan for calling them “traitor, immoral, vulgar, hypocritical, trickster, clown savant, human shields to the terrorists, abettor to the separatist terror organization” after giving a press statement in front of Çağlayan Courthouse.
Prof. Baskın Oran and musician Şanar Yurdatapan both filed a 1 Turkish Lira moral compensation claim and a criminal complaint two weeks ago. In criminal complaints it is stated that Erdoğan committed “insult” crime according to Turkish Penal Code, Article 125, more important than this he committed “hate speech” crime according to TPC Article 216, this is reflected in all TV channels, newspapers, and social media and created a serious and imminent “hate crime” danger.
Signatories of today’s criminal complaint: Ayşe Erzan Silier, Ayşegül Devecioğlu , Burhan Sönmez, Nesteren Davutoğlu, Ferhat Tunç, Gencay Gürsoy, Hacer Ansal, Cengiz Arın, Gürhan Ertür, Oya Baydar, Taner Akçam, Hasan Cemal.
27.02.2018
dusun-think.net