The Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights evaluated the conviction of Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu due to his words, addressing former Prime Minister Erdoğan during the group meetings of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey between January 31 and February 7, 2012, regarding the Lighthouse Case. The court decided that Kılıçdaroğlu’s conviction was a violation of freedom of expression and sentenced Turkey to pay 11,385 Euros of compensation. Therefore Turkey will pay Kılıçdaroğlu 11,285 Euros after having sentenced him to pay 10 thousand TL compensation to Erdoğan.
21.04.2021
dw.com