Oran

Turkey's Constitution Court has ordered the state to pay Baskın Oran, the columnist of Turkish-Armenian weekly Agos, 27,000 Turkish Liras (around $4,400) in spiritual damages due to a lack of an inadequate investigation into the death threats that Oran had received.

An investigation has been launched into Turkish political scientist Baskın Oran on charges of "making terror propaganda" in an article titled "Tragicomic experiments on Kurds," daily Cumhuriyet reported on Aug. 25. The lawsuit was reportedly opened upon a complaint from Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu.

Pro-government Turkish daily Ak?am has been sentenced to pay 6,000 Turkish Liras in compensation to former Republican People's Party (CHP) deputy Umut Oran for publishing a manufactured story alleging an assassination plot against President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an's daughter, Sümeyye Erdo?an, which they had claimed involved Oran, daily Cumhuriyet reported on April 20.

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