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    ANKARA MAYOR FILES COMPLAINT AGAINST JOURNALIST FOR CALLING HIM 'ARMENIAN'

    Today's Zaman, Turkey
    March 26 2015

    Turkish-Armenian journalist Hayko Bagdat (Photo: Today's Zaman,
    KurÅ~_at Bayhan)

    March 24, 2015, Tuesday/ 17:39:05/ TODAYSZAMAN.COM / ISTANBUL

    Ankara Mayor Melih Gökcek has filed a criminal complaint against
    Turkish-Armenian journalist Hayko Bagdat on defamation charges, after
    the latter jokingly posted tweets referring to him as an Armenian
    after the March 2014 local elections.

    According to the Diken website and the state-run Anadolu news agency,
    Gökcek's petition to the Ankara Prosecutor's Office stated that
    Bagdat, who has more than 300,000 followers on Twitter, wrote a
    series of posts in the wake of Gökcek's victory in last year's
    March elections. One of Bagdat's messages said: "It is official;
    they gave the capital city to an Armenian. What a shame!" according
    to the petition.

    The petition also said a Twitter hashtag "melihgökcekermeniymiÅ~_"
    (Melih Gökcek turns out to be Armenian) was allegedly used by Bagdat
    in his tweets on the social media website.

    Gökcek's lawyer said in the petition that the mayor is "a citizen
    of the Turkish Republic who loves his country and his nation" and
    that Bagdat is aware of this. "The statements [by Bagdat] are false
    and include insult and libel," the petition said.

    Gökcek also sued Bagdat in civil court, demanding compensation of
    TL 10,000 for psychological damages. Bagdat announced the lawsuit on
    Twitter, saying: "Turns out Melih Gökcek sued me demanding TL 10,000
    for calling him Armenian, dude. We are going to have so much fun."

    http://www.todayszaman.com/latest-news_ankara-mayor-files-complaint-against-journalist-for-calling-him-armenian_376181.html

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