Erdogan files lawsuit against main opposition leader

Turkey's main opposition leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu has been accused of insulting Turkish president

By Serdar Acil and Zafer Fatih Beyaz

ANKARA (AA) - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan filed a lawsuit on Friday against the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader, Kemal Kilicdaroglu, for insulting him during a speech made on Jan. 5 in Istanbul.

Erdogan’s lawyer Huseyin Aydin filed a 150,000 Turkish lira ($40,000) lawsuit on behalf of his client against Kilicdaroglu for “mental anguish” and accused the opposition leader of “insulting the president” in the speech made in front of the Besiktas Municipality in Istanbul on Jan. 5.

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