ankara president tayyip erdogan spokesman threaten prominent opposition lawmaker legal action monday call turkish leader fascist dictator blister criticism erdogan high-profile politician recent memory bulent tezcan spokesman main opposition people republican party attack say fearful atmosphere turkey try scare people create fearful atmosphere show legal word illegal ones deter tezcan say speech western city tekirdag criticize local judicial authorities comment appear defense local mayor chp member question authorities month reportedly call erdogan dictator party congress know mayor say tekirdag say erdogan fascist dictator tezcan say tezcan comment prompt swift backlash erdogan office lawmakers rule ak party bulent tezcan hate speech example disgrace main opposition erdogan spokesman ibrahim kalin say twitter politics rather enmity towards people legal measure seek regard insult president crime punishable four years prison turkey lawyers erdogan dominate turkish politics decade file 1,800 case people include cartoonists former miss turkey winner schoolchildren accusations insult follow fail coup july 2016 erdogan say would drop outstanding suit one-off gesture nonetheless right group western governments voice concern turkey slide toward authoritarianism 150,000 people sack suspend job 50,000 jail pending trial suspicion link fail coup erdogan say measure necessary ensure stability defend turkey multiple security threats turkey threaten legal action lawmaker call erdogan 'fascist dictator