Another Lawsuit by Erdoğan in Germany

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President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has applied to court for interlocutory injunction to be issued on Mathias Döpfner, the manager of Axel Springer which is one of the biggest media groups in Europe.

According to Reuters, Erdoğan’s attorney in Gemany Ralf Höcker said the complaint has been filed because of Döpfner’s support to Jan Böhmermann’s “Erdoğan poem”.

Döpfner in his open letter published in Welt am Sonntag in March had said he stands in solidarity with Böhmermann and “burst into laughing at the poem and dearly supports the comedian”.

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Axel Springer’s spokesperson expressed that they haven’t received any information as to the lawsuit.

“It is important to highlight that Mr. Döpfner in his open letter advocated freedom of art and humor. That was the intention of the letter”.

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Interlocutory injunction on Boll

President Erdoğan’s attorney Höcker said their application to have interlocutory injunction issued on German film director and producer, Uwe Boll has been approved.

The court has issued interlocutory injunction on Uwe Boll to not repeat the words he said in the footage about Erdoğan. Otherwise, he will have to pay up to 250,000 euros.

Uwe Boll in a video posted on Internet had supported Böhmermann’s poem. (YY/TK)