Turkey: CHP head faces probe for 'insulting president'

By Serdar Acil and Zafer Fatih Beyaz

ANKARA

Turkish prosecutors have launched an investigation into the main opposition party leader for insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, a judicial source said on Wednesday.

Prosecutors in the capital Ankara launched the probe over remarks this Tuesday by Kemal Kilicdaroglu, head of the Republican People's Party (CHP), during a speech at a women's rights event, said the sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity due to restrictions on speaking to the media.

Huseyin Aydin, Erdogan’s lawyer, has also filed a lawsuit against Kilicdaroglu accusing him “insulting the president” in the speech.