Turkish man could face two-year prison sentence for Facebook comments

October 20th, 2011

A Turkish man could face two years in prison for comments made about Prime Minister Tayyip Erdoğan on his Facebook page. A public prosecutor in Ankara is calling for the man’s imprisonment based on insulting Erdogan, along with some of his cabinet members and ministers from the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP). The man is being charge under Article 301 of Turkey’s Criminal Code.

Artist flees Turkey over “insult” piece

July 1st, 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