Erdoğan Files Complaint Against Comedian Böhmermann

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President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has filed a complaint against Jan Böhmermann who has presented his satirizing poem against Erdoğan including racist and sexist expressions on air on the German public-service TV Channel ZDF.  

Mainz prosecution in its written statement has noted, that they were being asked by many press members whether Erdoğan, President of Turkey has filed a complaint against Böhmermann.

The prosecution has declared, that the respective complaint had been submitted to the prosecution on the due defamation in accordance with the Article 185 of the German Criminal Law.

What had happened?

After Ambassador of Germany being summoned to Ministry of Foreign Affairs due to the song “Erdowie, Erdowo, Erdowahn” satirizing Erdoğan broadcasted on the TV Programme Extra 3 on the German Channel NDR, also satirist Jan Böhmermann had presented a racist and sexist poem addressed to Erdoğan on his satire show on the German public TV ZDF.

The poem which included sexist and racist expressions had become an issue between the two countries and was banned from broadcast. Also investigation was launched into Jan Böhmerman on charges of “insulting representatives or organs of foreign states” demanding three years imprisonment. (EA/DG)