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The Grand Turk
Four Turkish graduates arrested over Erdogan cartoon: State news agency
2018-07-12
[AlAhram] Four recent graduates of a top Ottoman Turkish university have been tossed in the calaboose
Drop the rod and step away witcher hands up!
for displaying a cartoon mocking Ottoman Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan at their graduation ceremony, according to the state-run Anadolu agency.

The Middle East Technical University students in the July 6 ceremony in Ankara made and carried a long banner printed with a cartoon of animals whose faces resembled Tayyip Erdogan, entitled "The World of Tayyip".

Originally published by a popular satire weekly magazine, the cartoon was the subject of a defamation lawsuit by Erdogan 12 years ago, when he was The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...just another cheapjack Moslem dictatorship, brought to you by the Moslem Brüderbund....
's prime minister. However,
nothing needs reforming like other people's bad habits...
an Ankara court dismissed the case, saying the cartoon was within the limits of freedom of speech.

Anadolu said the four had been "arrested ... in the course of an investigation into a sign containing defamation of Erdogan".
Posted by:trailing wife

#3  Well,

A) President Trump actually understands what the First Amendment says.

B) If he tried to deal with all the slime that 's been put out there by "the media" he would not get anything worthwhile done at all. Instead he is getting the business of his constituents attended to and that's just fine with me.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2018-07-12 09:56  

#2  Yippy sure is sensitive to insults and mockery. Usually the sign of a "man" with a small pen1s
Posted by: Frank G   2018-07-12 08:25  

#1  Dear Snowflakes,

When has President Trump had people thrown in jail for mocking him?

This is the dictatorship that you have been screaming about for 2 years, it's not here, capiche?
Posted by: AlanC   2018-07-12 07:15  

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