Istanbul - (dpa) - Members of the Turkish opposition said today, Thursday, that they will file charges against Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan for describing the participants in anti-government protests in 2013 as "idiots."

Politicians from the opposition Republican People's Party and women's rights organizations, among others, have filed criminal charges against Erdogan. They announced the move on Twitter.

CHP leader Kemal Kilicdar on Twitter advised Erdogan to keep his mouth shut in the future, receiving support for this statement from the famous Turkish pianist Fadil Say. The famous writer Elif Shafak also expressed her outrage on Twitter at "this discriminatory language".

Erdogan used the stinger on Wednesday, which coincided with the ninth anniversary of the protests that were brutally dispersed by the government. Many people are serving sentences in Turkish prisons for participating in demonstrations.