2026
Stand-up comic held for jokes about Erdoğan and Islam in Turkey crackdown
BBC World →Deniz Göktaş is regarded as one of Turkey's most popular comedians and is accused of 'inciting hatred and hostility' on stage.
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1927
TURKISH EDITOR JAILED. Published Cartoon Declared to Offend Ottoman Womanhood
CONSTANTINOPLE, March 11 For publication of cartoon judged offensive to Turkish womanhood, Nedjj Eddine Sadik, prominent editor of the independent journal Aksham, has been sentenced to six months imprisonment by the Court of Correction. The cartoon, entitled "Woman's Rise," depicted Turkish women in a balloon throwing out ballast labeled "Modesty," "Virtue" and "Honor."
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