BERLIN- The district court in Cologne said on Tuesday it had rejected a request made by Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan for a preliminary injunction against the CEO of German publisher Axel Springer. The injunction would have stopped Chief Executive Mathias Doepfner repeating a derogatory term about the Turkish leader, but the court rejected it on the basis of 'the defendant's right to free expression of opinion', it said in a statement.
