After the investigation opened by Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office against former minister Fikri Sağlar due to “public incitement towards resentment and hostility as well as denigration” based on the opinions he expressed on a TV show, Sakarya Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office started another investigation opun complaint. The investigation will be based on Article 216 of the Turkish Criminal Code that regulates “public incitement towards resentment and hostility or denigration.”
Sağlar had said, “I have doubts that when I am in front of a judge wearing a headscarf, that she will defend justice. Some have militant and ideological stances and this has to be fought against.
06.01.2021
Karar Daily