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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
By Daren Butler

Erdogan rival is first target of Turkish media law, opposition party says

Kemal Kilicdaroglu, leader of the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP), talks to media as he visits the coal mine after an explosion in Amasra in the northern Bartin province, Turkey October 15, 2022. Alp Eren Kaya/CHP/Handout via REUTERS /File Photo

Turkey's main opposition party has said its leader is the first target of a media "disinformation" law after police asked prosecutors to open an investigation into comments he made blaming authorities for a drug "epidemic".

Last month parliament passed a law sought by President Tayyip Erdogan's ruling party that allows judges to impose jail sentences of up to three years on anyone who spreads false or misleading information.

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