Artist flees Turkey over “insult” piece

01 Jul 2009

A UK artist, Michael Dickinson who was cleared in September of mocking Turkey’s prime minister by portraying him as a dog in a piece of artwork has fled the country after hearing his acquittal has been overturned. Read more here (http://news NULL.bbc NULL.co NULL.uk/1/hi/england/wear/8126522 NULL.stm)

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