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DC Court: Turkey must face charges in Sheridan Circle assault on Kurdish protesters
A federal court in Washington, D.C., denied a request Thursday by Turkey to dismiss a civil suit by protesters who are seeking damages after they were violently beaten while...
The court struck down Turkey’s argument that it is protected under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act in two separate cases filed on behalf of over a…
- Laura Kelly
- The Hill
The case stems from an incident in May 2017 that took place during a visit by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to Washington, where a group of…
Turkey alleges that the demonstrators posed an imminent threat to Erdoğan’s…