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In his response to CHP MP Çakırözer’s Parliamentary question, the Minister of Transport has admitted that disabled citizens’ right to use transportation free of charge in the High-Speed Train (YHT) and main intercity train lines has been unlawfully restricted.

Though it has long been confirmed by a medical report that documentarian Demirel is 99 percent disabled, he was struggling for his right of disability retirement for 4.5 years. The state will now automatically raise an objection as it has lost the lawsuit.