Turkey violated opposition leader's free speech.

The opposition accuses Erdogan of dictatorship. 

The Turkish court has imposed heavy fines on opponents of the Turkish government, and critics have said they are aimed at dissuading other dissidents from speaking out against the government.

 

Kemal Kilicdaroglu, who for years has been one of the Turkish president's fiercest rivals, was found guilty in 2012 of slander during two parliament speeches.

Erdogan, then serving as prime minister, was criticised over a Turkish air force bombing as well as a controversial hydroelectric dam.

He sued Kilicdaroglu and won, with a court setting heavy fines that critics said were intended to discourage other opponents from speaking out against the government.