The chairman of Turkey’s New Party, Özgür Özel, will have to pay a total of 800,000 liras (31,000 manats) in moral damages due to his statements regarding President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
elchi reports that Turkish media has released information about this.
The decisions are related to the speeches Özel made on August 13, 2025, in front of Marmara Prison and at a rally held in Istanbul’s Bayrampaşa district, as well as his speech in Aydın on August 18.