Turkish Court Rejects CHP's Appeal on '128 Billion Dollar' Claim, Upholds Defamation Ruling

Turkey's Constitutional Court rejected the main opposition CHP's appeal regarding a defamation case concerning claims about 128 billion dollars. The court ruled that the CHP's freedom of expression was not violated, upholding a lower court's decision that ordered the party to pay damages to former Treasury and Finance Minister Berat Albayrak.