Adnan Beker had filed a 5 TL lawsuit: Even his lawyer could not call Kılıçdaroğlu the party leader

A response petition was submitted to the court in the 5 TL non-pecuniary damages lawsuit filed against Independent Ankara Deputy Adnan Beker due to remarks made by Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, who was brought to the CHP Chairmanship by a decision of absolute nullity, during a television program.

According to the report by Cumhuriyet, the petition submitted to the Ankara 23rd Civil Court of First Instance by Kılıçdaroğlu's lawyer, Celal Çelik, argued that the expressions subject to the lawsuit were evaluated by being taken out of the context of the entire speech. The petition stated that the political identities of the parties and the developments that occurred before the statements should also be taken into account.

In a television program he attended on July 13, Kılıçdaroğlu had used the following expressions for Beker: "This man is a dirty man. Look, I am saying it. A dirty man. What is a dirty man doing inside the CHP? Let him file a lawsuit against me. I will present all his dirtiness with evidence to the court." Beker had filed a non-pecuniary damages lawsuit following these words.

While the expression "a politician who serves as a deputy and continues his active political activities" was used for Beker in Çelik's petition, Kılıçdaroğlu was defined as "a political figure who served as the Chairman of the Republican People's Party for many years and is closely known by the public."

In the petition, it was argued that the term "dirty man" was not a concrete accusation of a crime, but a value judgment of a political nature. Furthermore, it was argued that politicians, due to their roles in the public sphere, must endure harsher and more uncomfortable criticisms compared to ordinary individuals. The petition included the statement, "It is mandatory to grant a wider space to freedom of expression in the evaluation of words directed at political figures."