Turkey files motion to quash Washington protest attack case
Turkey is trying to get a lawsuit thrown out filed by the demonstrators attacked by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s security guards in a 2017 visit to Washington, DC.
The Turkish government has filed a motion to dismiss a multi-million-dollar lawsuit filed against the Republic of Turkey by mostly pro-Kurdish demonstrators who were attacked by members of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s security detail in Washington, DC, on May 16, 2017.
The move is part of a broader effort to bury the case, which has seen Turkish authorities pressuring plaintiffs and their loved ones back in Turkey to drop the charges, the victims say.
