1300 Turkish citizens are sued for insulting Erdoğan in the last 16 months…

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Presidents by number of "insult" lawsuits. As you can see, Erdoğan feels permanently insulted: http://pic.twitter.com/ct9K9ckhMS

— Ankaralı Jan (@06JAnk) December 5, 2015

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News in Turkish here

Is Gollum Good or Evil? Jail Term in Turkey Hinges on Answer

NYT > Turkey by By KATIE ROGERS

Experts are weighing whether a comparison of Turkey’s president with the J.R.R. Tolkien character was an insult, which could send a doctor to jail.

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