Turkey- Turkish newspaper to pay compensation to CHP MP
Date
4/21/2016 9:21:20 AM
(MENAFN- The Journal Of Turkish Weekly) Pro-government Turkish daily Akam has been sentenced to pay 6000 Turkish Liras in compensation to Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputy Umut Oran for publishing a manufactured story alleging an assassination plot against President Recep Tayyip Erdoan’s daughter Sümeyye Erdoan which they had claimed involved Oran daily Cumhuriyet reported on April 20.
“The disclosure of this cowardly scenario in court after the criminal action is a pleasing development” said Oran after the court’s decision on April 19 while adding that the ones who wrote and planned the counterfeit story should be “absolutely” sentenced in order to prevent them from attempting to defame “moral” politicians.
Turkish dailies Akam Güne Star Sabah and Takvim published between Feb. 17 and 20 2015 the aforementioned story which alleged former police officer turnedjournalistEmre Uslu anti-government social media whistleblower Fuat Avni whose real name is unknown and Oran exchanged Twitter messages discussing an assassination plot.
“This plot was an attack that was not only carried out against me but against theCHPbefore the June 7 2015 elections. These publications were attacks against our constitutional and parliamentary systems as well as our democratic order” Oran also said while stressing that the ones behind this scenario would appear before the court.
“I’ll never let this case go” Oran added.
Oran filed a criminal complaint against Ethem Sancak the owner of Akam and Güne and Akam’s editor-in-chief Murat Kelkitliolu while the Bakrköy Prosecutor’s Office’s Press Crimes Bureau also filed a criminal complaint against Akam’s managing editor Mustafa Dolu on May 23 2015. Dolu’s trial is ongoing and he could receive a prison sentence of between two and 11 years.
Upon an investigation into Oran’s claim the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office stated the Twitter messages between Uslu and Oran were entirely fabricated in an attempt to manufacture evidence against them.
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