The Constitutional Court deemed the decision that YENİ Party Chairman Özgür Özel pay 10,000 lira in the moral compensation lawsuit filed by Fuat Oktay a violation of freedom of expression; it decided to pay Özel 50,000 lira in compensation and to send the file to the Ankara 25th Civil Court of First Instance for retrial.
YENİ Party Chairman Özgür Özel had made accusations regarding Oktay's past positions at Türk Telekom and YİMPAŞ at a press conference in the Grand National Assembly in 2020. Oktay filed a 150,000-lira compensation lawsuit, and the local court ruled on 10,000 lira. The Constitutional Court sent its decision for retrial to eliminate the consequences of the violation.
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