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Turkish President Sues German Publisher for Insulting Him
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May 14, 2016
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6:06Now PlayingThe President of Turkey, Tayyip Erdogan, is having issues with a German comedian. Why? The comedian wrote a mean poem about him. Cenk Uygur, host of The Young Turks, breaks it down. Tell us what you think in the comment section below.
"The Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, is seeking an injunction against the chief executive of the German publisher Axel Springer.
The president’s lawyer, Ralf Höcker, said Erdoğan was taking legal action due to Mathias Döpfner’s support for a poem read out by comedian Jan Böhmermann on German television in March.
In an open letter published inGermany’s Welt am Sonntag newspaper in April, Döpfner expressed solidarity with Böhmermann, saying he had laughed out loud at the poem and “wholeheartedly” supported what the comedian had said...
Erdoğan is known for his sensitivity to criticism and Turkish prosecutors have opened more than 1,800 cases against people perceived to have insulted him since he became president in 2014.
The german chancellor, Angela Merkel, drew heavy criticism for allowing prosecutors to pursue a case against Böhmermann.”*
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