Kılıçdaroğlu described Beker as a 'dirty man'; lawsuit filed

CHP's butlan chairman Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu; In a television program on July 13, he made controversial statements about independent Ankara Deputy Adnan Beker. Kılıçdaroğlu towards Beker; "This man is a dirty man. Look, I'm telling you. He is a dirty man. What is a dirty man doing in the CHP? Let him file a lawsuit against me. I will present all his dirtiness to the court with evidence," he claimed.

HE COULD NOT SAY ABOUT KILIÇDAROĞLU "THE CURRENT CHAIRMAN"

Beker then filed a lawsuit against Kılıçdaroğlu for non-pecuniary damage of 5 TL. Kılıçdaroğlu's lawyer Celal Çelik; On September 1, he wrote a response petition to the Ankara 23rd Civil Court of First Instance, where the case was heard. Hunting. In Çelik's petition; He emphasized that the statements in question were made by plucking some statements from the speech, ignoring the political identities of the parties and the developments that took place before the statements.

In this context, it was noteworthy that Çelik said about Beker "a politician who serves as a member of parliament and continues his active political activities", while his client Kılıçdaroğlu was described as "a political personality who has served as the Chairman of the Republican People's Party for many years and is well known to the public".

'POLITICIANS SHOULD TOEND HURTING CRITICISM'

In the petition, it was emphasized that the expression "dirty man" used by Kılıçdaroğlu was not a concrete criminal charge, but a political value judgment; "The plaintiff is a member of parliament. Politicians are people who appear in a public space by their own choice and whose behavior and statements are open to public scrutiny. For this reason, politicians must endure more severe, harsh, disturbing and even hurtful criticism than ordinary individuals. It is imperative that freedom of expression be given a wider scope in evaluating the words directed at political figures."