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Turkey's main opposition party says to ask top court to halt media law

CHP Kemal Kilicdaroglu Turkey Constitutional Court
Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) lawmakers hold placards as they protest against a contentious media bill, proposed by President Tayyip Erdogan's AK Party and its nationalist allies, at the Turkish Parliament in Ankara, Turkey October 4, 2022. REUTERS/Stringer

Turkey's main opposition CHP party is applying to the Constitutional Court on Tuesday to suspend implementation of a key article of a media law approved in parliament last week, CHP leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu said.

Article 29 of the media law foresees jail time for people spreading "disinformation."

In a speech to CHP deputies, Kilicdaroglu said the CHP would then seek annulment of the entire media law, which was proposed by President Tayyip Erdogan's ruling AK Party and its nationalist allies and approved on Thursday.

(Reporting by Daren Butler; Editing by Ali Kucukgocmen)

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