On the possibility of defaming the sensitive president of Turkey Tayyip Erdogan
Prosecution case is muddied by the very complexity of Gollum’s character in ‘Lord of the Rings’
The Aydin court has adjourned so that the distinguished, but clearly out-of-touch-with-popular-culture judge can watch Lord of the Rings. And so that a panel of literary, film and other experts can advise him whether the character Gollum is good or evil and whether comparing someone to him can be considered insulting. Specificaly whether Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan can be so described without impugning his reputation.
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