In Turkey, Criticizing the President Can Land You in Jail
ISTANBUL- There's no monarch in democratic Turkey — but you might not know it watching the news these days.
It has become as easy to get jailed for offending the country's paramount leader, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, as it is in countries where lese majeste laws forbid insults to royals. The trend alarms many people who have harbored hope for Turkey as a beacon of Western-style government in the Islamic world.
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