... Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him. It's a sin, a shame, and a felony to insult the president of Turkey...and inciting an armed uprising over comments made during a television program last week, local media reports.
Metin Akpinar ‐ who is also a well-known comedian in
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire....
‐ is taken in by police for questioning, along with another
"If we don’t become a (democracy)... the leader might be hung from his feet or maybe poisoned in the cellars or meet the same end as other leaders in the past," Akpinar, 77, reportedly said on television on Friday.
An Istanbul court says the two men will be released on conditional bail after they were summoned to give statements to prosecutors. But they will have to report to a cop shoppe once a week and are banned from leaving Turkey.
Both men are suspected of "insulting the president." Akpinar also is suspected of "inciting an armed uprising against the government," the Istanbul public prosecutor says, quoted by Hurriyet daily.