Former Istanbul governor fined for defaming 17-year-old victim as ‘marginal’
ISTANBUL – İsmail Saymaz
Istanbul’s former governor Hüseyin Avni Mutlu was fined 10,000 Turkish Liras for accusing a then-17-year-old Dilan Alp of being a member of “marginal groups” during the May Day protests of 2013, during which she was hit in the head by a tear gas canister shot by the police.
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