Turkey’s humorless ruling party cracks down on satirists
Cartoonists lampoon officials despite the growing threat of prison
April 18, 2015 2:00AM ET
by David Lepeska @dlepeska
On April 8, the chief Istanbul prosecutor charged two columnists for the Turkish newspaper Cumhuriyet with “inciting public hatred” for republishing the cover of the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, which features an image of the Prophet Muhammad. If convicted, the two journalists face up to four and a half years in prison.
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