Legal Opinion
Kurd v. Republic of Turkey
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided September 15, 2025No. Civil Action No. 2018-1117Published
1Opinion of the Court
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA KASIM KURD, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Case No. 18-cv-1117-CKK-ZMF/MJS REPUBLIC OF TURKEY, et al., Defendants. REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION On May 16, 2017, a group of Turkish security officials attacked a small crowd of protesters outside the Turkish Ambassador’s residence in Washington, D.C. Those events spawned two separate lawsuits seeking to hold the Republic of Turkey accountable for the conduct of its agents under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (“FSIA”). After losing its bid for dismissal on sovereign immunity grounds in both…
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