The fascist megalomaniac in Antichrist Turkey has gotten a court to issue an arrest warrant for the Editor-in-Chief of Today’s Zaman, a publication we use to get the real news of what’s going on in Turkey, for insulting him. We’ve seen this time and time again against ordinary citizens, but now Erdogan is cracking down on his opposition as he obviously blames them in part for the losses he suffered in June’s election.
Here’s the lowdown:
MASHABLE – A court in Turkey issued an arrest warrant on Friday for the editor-in-chief of the English-language newspaper Today’s Zaman on charges of defaming President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Twitter.
The editor, Bülent Keneş, denied insulting the president, saying that he was simply exercising his right to free expression.
After a court hearing, Keneş said he would continue to speak out against the Erdoğan government. “I will continue to oppose turning this country into an open-air prison and an unlawful, oppressive and arbitrary administration,” Keneş said.
Today's Zaman for tomorrow!.. pic.twitter.com/beKogIodkc
— Bulent Kenes (@bkenes) October 9, 2015
On the same day that the editor was being prosecuted for what he declared was free speech, another Turkish journalist, Necati Doğru, was convicted of insulting Erdoğan and sentenced to 11 months and 20 days in prison.
Responding to the sentence, Doğru wrote in his newspaper: “Whatever you write it’s an ‘insult.’ Only fake compliments are asked for, but sorry I’m not that type.”
Bulent Kenes waiting for police to arrest him. The one with jailed Twitter banner. pic.twitter.com/sHHI0r14Sw
— Mahir Zeynalov (@MahirZeynalov) October 9, 2015