Erdogan accuses French researcher of inciting assassination

Istanbul (AFP) – President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s lawyer has lodged a complaint against a former French diplomat accusing him of inciting the assassination of Turkey’s leader, his spokesman confirmed Monday.
The move follows comments by Philippe Moreau Defarges about the outcome of the April 16 referendum on controversial constitutional changes that will tighten the president’s grip on power.
Defarges, now a senior fellow at the French Institute of International Relation