COMPENSATION CLAIM
Prosecutor Sues Journalist Saymaz and Radikal Daily
Former İliç Prosecutor Bozkurt filed a TL 100,000 compensation claim against Radikal newspaper reporter Saymaz and two executives of the daily on the grounds of two news articles that allegedly constituted an "attack on his personal rights".
The former Prosecutor from Erzincan/İliç, Bayram Bozkurt, filed a compensation claim worth TL 100,000 (€ 50,000) against Vuslat Doğan Sabancı, the Board Chair of the Hürriyet Journalism Printing Company, journalist İsmail Saymaz as the author of the news on subject and Hakan Kılıç, a representative of the corporation.
The case is tried before the Ankara 1st Criminal Court of First Instance. The compensation claim stems from news items published in the nation-wide Radikal newspaper on 12 February and 2 March 2010. Bozkurt was on duty at the Erzincan İliç Prosecution (north-eastern Anatolia) until 11 February 2010 and then appointed to the Muş Malazgirt Public Prosecution (south-eastern Turkey) from where he resigned later on.
His complaint was submitted to court by Bozkurt's lawyer Mustafa Kocadağ. The articles on subject were entitled "Assassination with a tick, coup of the tea vendors" and "Is the secret witness Efe the 'Prosecutor with a tick'?"
The petition claimed that "the related news articles constitute a clear attack on [Bozkurt's] personal rights". It was said that the allegations could not be considered as "criticism", that the news were "not required by the public interest" and violated a decision of secrecy.
The compensation claim consists of TL 50,000 for each article plus interest starting from the days of publication. The first hearing is scheduled for 31 March. (EÇ/EÖ)
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