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President Erdogan, through his lawyer Hüseyin Aydın, filed a criminal complaint against the owner, the editorial directors and the editor of the Greek newspaper Dimokratia, accused of “insulting the president”.
Ankara’s Chief Prosecutor’s Office launched an investigation against the Greek newspaper Dimokratia for its headline insulting President Erdogan.
In the petition, which read “The statements used in the Greek newspaper against our president are one of the ugliest manifestations of a dramatic moral collapse”, the expressions “When we look at the silence of the Greek public, it is understood that this moral degradation is not limited to marginal segments. “
The petition contained the following statements:
“Blasphemy is the language of those who do not have a word to say, or of those who do not have the ability to speak in an appropriate language. Blasphemy is a great shame and a despicable act not only for the interlocutor, but for those who say it. The objective of this despicable act is not only the person of our President. It is the best interest of our Nation, which defends firmly in the Mediterranean and the Sea of Islands. “
ECHR FEATURED
Although the petition emphasizes article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), which protects freedom of expression, in the decisions of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), “freedom of expression does not constitute an unlimited right and this This situation shows that freedom of expression is not an absolute right and that you are allowed to intervene in the situations listed.Despite its importance in a democratic society, freedom of expression is not absolute and is subject to some restrictions.
