Turkish PM Erdogan sues author İhsan Eliaçık
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is suing author İhsan Eliaçık over his accusations against the Turkish leader on Twitter, with the prime minister's lawyers submitting the lawsuit on behalf of Erdoğan on Monday, Today’s Zaman reported.
The lawsuit read that Eliaçık accused Erdoğan of being a “dictator, a corrupt leader, provocateur, liar and arrogant” on his Twitter account on June 18 during the Gezi Park protests. Eliaçık also posted on his Twitter account that Erdoğan would be toppled by protests on the street and that his ousting from power could be magnificent.
Erdoğan is suing Eliaçık for TL 50,000, claiming that these tweets openly encourage people to rebel.