Turkey + EU = Censorship? 5 times Erdogan tried to get Europe to silence his critics
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is already notorious for pursuing opposition journalists, artists and politicians at home. Recently he has moved to punish them outside his borders, often with acquiescence from European allies.
As German TV satirist Jan Bohmermann read out a poem implicating Erdogan in sex acts with goats and a proclivity for child pornography last month, he knew exactly what he was doing – testing the patience of Turkey, which had already complained about a satirical song weeks earlier, and the tolerance of his own government.
Unsurprisingly, Turkey was incensed. But perhaps a bigger shock was when Chancellor Angela Merkel agreed with Ankara that the poem was “deliberately provocative,” and let Bohmermann face prosecution under a rarely-used law that punishes those who insult foreign dignitaries.
This unleashed a storm of criticism aimed at both Merkel and Erdogan, amplified by their coziness, following the recent refugee return deal. Last week, Merkel backpedaled, defending free speech and saying her views were a “mistake” - without reversing her actions.
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Topic: A German comedian could be sent to jail for insulting the Turkish president - page 5. (Read 7562 times)
April 26, 2016, 12:45:10 PM
April 25, 2016, 05:10:56 AM
It's very funny to see an uncivilised asian country like Turkey to manipulates a big european country like Germany. Shame on you Germany.
April 24, 2016, 01:45:59 PM
https://www.rt.com/news/340691-pirate-party-leader-arrest-erdogan/
Pirate Party’s leader detained in Germany for citing poem about Erdogan.
Please! Stop posting this! You obviously do not get the German's laws. Lots of sense of humor in it... That person was arrested in purpose! Don't you get it or do I need to tell you to go to a German book store? Hahahaha! This is funny! Hahaha! Laugh! Laugh Now! Do it! Hahaha!Pirate Party’s leader detained in Germany for citing poem about Erdogan.
You know perfectly well from firsthand experience that media coverage of a complicated topic, e.g. Bitcoin, is... well... "off track" to say the least, always on the brink of "utter rubbish" if we're honest.
Why do you believe that media coverage on something way more complicated than Bitcoin would be any closer to the truth?
The "Pirate Party leader" in question here is actually a local representative of the Pirate Party in Berlin.
He was not arrested for citing the poem but rather for breaking the local agreement with the police to hold a public event under certain conditions, which he did not meet. This is basically the same as if you officially rented a public town hall to hold a meeting for a gardening event and then actually the event turns out to be a fireworks display. It's just not what the police will accept.
BTW, obviously the "Pirate Party leader" in question did this on purpose to get some media coverage. The German Pirate Party desperately needs that
The German Politburo needs to explain better to the rest of the democratic world how humorless it is... The more (arrests), the merrier...
April 24, 2016, 01:09:39 PM
Everything has a freedom. Comedian and comic is in . Is president sand a comedian for a comic then it not good.
April 24, 2016, 12:12:44 PM
Comedian send to jail for insulting the president? It's not a low. It's not freedom. It's really bad. Very bad. 
Making fun of politics is in many cases what keeps the working class going. You know, people with very little power need something. I can't see how working against this could be a good political decision.
April 24, 2016, 10:17:02 AM
I think this is a big joke made by authorities.
April 24, 2016, 09:51:33 AM
Comedian send to jail for insulting the president? It's not a low. It's not freedom. It's really bad. Very bad.
April 24, 2016, 09:50:39 AM
https://www.rt.com/news/340691-pirate-party-leader-arrest-erdogan/
Pirate Party’s leader detained in Germany for citing poem about Erdogan.
Please! Stop posting this! You obviously do not get the German's laws. Lots of sense of humor in it... That person was arrested in purpose! Don't you get it or do I need to tell you to go to a German book store? Hahahaha! This is funny! Hahaha! Laugh! Laugh Now! Do it! Hahaha!Pirate Party’s leader detained in Germany for citing poem about Erdogan.
You know perfectly well from firsthand experience that media coverage of a complicated topic, e.g. Bitcoin, is... well... "off track" to say the least, always on the brink of "utter rubbish" if we're honest.
Why do you believe that media coverage on something way more complicated than Bitcoin would be any closer to the truth?
The "Pirate Party leader" in question here is actually a local representative of the Pirate Party in Berlin.
He was not arrested for citing the poem but rather for breaking the local agreement with the police to hold a public event under certain conditions, which he did not meet. This is basically the same as if you officially rented a public town hall to hold a meeting for a gardening event and then actually the event turns out to be a fireworks display. It's just not what the police will accept.
BTW, obviously the "Pirate Party leader" in question did this on purpose to get some media coverage. The German Pirate Party desperately needs that
April 24, 2016, 09:33:31 AM
Meanwhile in the metropolia
https://www.rt.com/news/340756-dutch-columnist-detained-turkey/
Dutch columnist detained in Turkey ‘over Erdogan tweet’
The Turkish police have detained a Dutch columnist over a critical tweet she posted about Turkish President Recep Erdogan, her newspaper said. The woman intends to go back to the Netherlands after being released.
https://www.rt.com/news/340756-dutch-columnist-detained-turkey/
Dutch columnist detained in Turkey ‘over Erdogan tweet’
The Turkish police have detained a Dutch columnist over a critical tweet she posted about Turkish President Recep Erdogan, her newspaper said. The woman intends to go back to the Netherlands after being released.
April 23, 2016, 09:14:56 PM
The Turkish president is a nice guy. See? I insulted him as well. 
Nice? That was uncalled-for...
http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2016/04/erdogans-turkey-seizes-churches-including-1700-yr-old-orthodox-church-diyarbakir/
April 23, 2016, 08:52:51 PM
The Turkish president is a nice guy. See? I insulted him as well.
April 23, 2016, 06:34:48 PM
April 23, 2016, 04:57:10 PM
https://www.rt.com/news/340691-pirate-party-leader-arrest-erdogan/
Pirate Party’s leader detained in Germany for citing poem about Erdogan.
Pirate Party’s leader detained in Germany for citing poem about Erdogan.
Please! Stop posting this! You obviously do not get the German's laws. Lots of sense of humor in it... That person was arrested in purpose! Don't you get it or do I need to tell you to go to a German book store? Hahahaha! This is funny! Hahaha! Laugh! Laugh Now! Do it! Hahaha!
April 23, 2016, 03:13:36 PM
https://www.rt.com/news/340691-pirate-party-leader-arrest-erdogan/
Pirate Party’s leader detained in Germany for citing poem about Erdogan.
Pirate Party’s leader detained in Germany for citing poem about Erdogan.
Please! Stop posting this! You obviously do not get the German's laws. Lots of sense of humor in it... That person was arrested in purpose! Don't you get it or do I need to tell you to go to a German book store? Hahahaha! This is funny! Hahaha! Laugh! Laugh Now! Do it! Hahaha!
April 23, 2016, 02:48:12 PM
https://www.rt.com/news/340691-pirate-party-leader-arrest-erdogan/
Pirate Party’s leader detained in Germany for citing poem about Erdogan.
Pirate Party’s leader detained in Germany for citing poem about Erdogan.
April 22, 2016, 03:38:48 PM
Just a few days ago, a rainbow ruling coalition was formed in the state of Sahcsen-Anhalt by all the mainstream parties, to keep the anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany (AfD) party out of power (the AfD is having 25 out of 87 seats). At least in the former Eastern Germnay, the political situation is changing. It is AfD vs Mainstream (pro-Merkel) parties.
Look at what is happening to Trump in America. The unofficial polls suggest that Trump is loved by 60% of the people. Yet the GOP is trying to keep Trump completely out of the race... and they are doing so with some shady, underhanded, and possibly illegal tactics.
This makes the whole governing processes to look like something other than what the people have been formally told, or formally think.
Good people love TRUMP
Smart people don't base their hope on any of these political comedians.
Maybe not Smart people. But people driving American cars, instead of tiny little German egg shaped coffin cars, do.
If you can keep the people thinking that they are free by letting them drive cars, why not. Whatever it takes to enslave them.
April 22, 2016, 10:48:31 AM
Just a few days ago, a rainbow ruling coalition was formed in the state of Sahcsen-Anhalt by all the mainstream parties, to keep the anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany (AfD) party out of power (the AfD is having 25 out of 87 seats). At least in the former Eastern Germnay, the political situation is changing. It is AfD vs Mainstream (pro-Merkel) parties.
Look at what is happening to Trump in America. The unofficial polls suggest that Trump is loved by 60% of the people. Yet the GOP is trying to keep Trump completely out of the race... and they are doing so with some shady, underhanded, and possibly illegal tactics.
This makes the whole governing processes to look like something other than what the people have been formally told, or formally think.
Good people love TRUMP
Smart people don't base their hope on any of these political comedians.
Maybe not Smart people. But people driving American cars, instead of tiny little German egg shaped coffin cars, do.
April 22, 2016, 09:47:39 AM
Just a few days ago, a rainbow ruling coalition was formed in the state of Sahcsen-Anhalt by all the mainstream parties, to keep the anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany (AfD) party out of power (the AfD is having 25 out of 87 seats). At least in the former Eastern Germnay, the political situation is changing. It is AfD vs Mainstream (pro-Merkel) parties.
Look at what is happening to Trump in America. The unofficial polls suggest that Trump is loved by 60% of the people. Yet the GOP is trying to keep Trump completely out of the race... and they are doing so with some shady, underhanded, and possibly illegal tactics.
This makes the whole governing processes to look like something other than what the people have been formally told, or formally think.
Good people love TRUMP
Smart people don't base their hope on any of these political comedians.
April 22, 2016, 09:42:23 AM
Just a few days ago, a rainbow ruling coalition was formed in the state of Sahcsen-Anhalt by all the mainstream parties, to keep the anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany (AfD) party out of power (the AfD is having 25 out of 87 seats). At least in the former Eastern Germnay, the political situation is changing. It is AfD vs Mainstream (pro-Merkel) parties.
Look at what is happening to Trump in America. The unofficial polls suggest that Trump is loved by 60% of the people. Yet the GOP is trying to keep Trump completely out of the race... and they are doing so with some shady, underhanded, and possibly illegal tactics.
This makes the whole governing processes to look like something other than what the people have been formally told, or formally think.
Good people love TRUMP
April 22, 2016, 09:28:22 AM
Just a few days ago, a rainbow ruling coalition was formed in the state of Sahcsen-Anhalt by all the mainstream parties, to keep the anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany (AfD) party out of power (the AfD is having 25 out of 87 seats). At least in the former Eastern Germnay, the political situation is changing. It is AfD vs Mainstream (pro-Merkel) parties.
Look at what is happening to Trump in America. The unofficial polls suggest that Trump is loved by 60% of the people. Yet the GOP is trying to keep Trump completely out of the race... and they are doing so with some shady, underhanded, and possibly illegal tactics.
This makes the whole governing processes to look like something other than what the people have been formally told, or formally think.
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