Posted on 04/11/2016 12:46:43 PM PDT by Rusty0604
BERLIN – Germany is considering a request from Turkey to prosecute a TV comedian who wrote a crude poem about the Turkish president, Chancellor Angela Merkel's spokesman said Monday.
The request poses an awkward choice for the German leader as she relies on Turkey to reduce the influx of migrants to Europe.
Turkey sent a diplomatic note making "a formal request for criminal prosecution" of comedian Jan Boehmermann, Merkel spokesman Steffen Seibert said.
Seibert told reporters Monday that officials would take several days to decide whether to allow prosecutors to proceed in the case, but stressed that Merkel holds free speech in high regard. It is "negotiable neither at home nor abroad," he said.
German officials have appeared at pains to avoid causing further friction with Erdogan, steering clear of direct criticism of the president in recent weeks amid Turkey's sharp response to German satire. Merkel championed the European Union-Turkey deal for Ankara to take back migrants who travel illegally to Greece.
Seibert said he was stressing Merkel's dedication to free speech "to counter the impression that the freedom of opinion and art ... no longer has the necessary high value for the chancellor just because she, along with other Europeans, wants to resolve the refugee question in partnership with Turkey."
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The people tried to tell her...stop this Muslim cr**.....and she didn't listen.
Seriously?
F**k the Turks.
YES, the Armenian Genocide happened,
you stole and desecrated the Hagia Sophia,
the Greeks, Armenians and Kurds all hate your guts,
Northern Cyprus doesn’t exist,
and yes, the infamous ‘Turkish Shower’ really IS a thing.
Oh, and rumor has it that Erdogan is renowned for his carnal knowledge of goats.
So prosecute me! :P
If free speech is negotiable neither at home nor abroad, what does Merkel need several days to consider?
I had Christmas dinner at a friend’s house and the husband’s parents, who are Armenian, were there. The dad was crying while he told me of his life, especially when he told me about the Muslims knocking down doors and killing the the Armenians, his brother’s wife and children among them.
If the reply is anything other than ‘get some big boy pants and stop reading what Germans say about you if you don’t want your feelings hurt’, followed by the ejection of the ambassador for having the stupidity to deliver such a note, then it is the end of free speech in Germany.
Because she needs Erdogen to help her with the refugee crisis that she created.
Time to end NATO.
The purpose of the organization now is to provide cover for the proto-fascist, statist project that is the EU.
Erdogen is a very dangerous man, out to create the calculate. Of course, Obama has said he is his best bud.
Erdogen, if you are listening, your are a goat humping murderer.
Gee,
maybe someone should send the dear Sultan a link to this: https://encyclopediadramatica.se/Turkey
(warning, EXTREMELY NSFW, but funny as aich-ee-double hockey sticks)
Great link!
“Germany mulling Turkey’s demand to prosecute comic for poking fun of president”
Germany has comics? Could have fooled me.
murkel has let millions of savages in. She seems ready to do the bidding of the towelheads.
Probably not for long. Humor is not allowed if sharia is strictly adhered to.
Same here. Germans don't do sarcasm.
Europe won’t extradite US murderers who manage to flee there.I guess those who insult a President are far more dangerous.
That would be the Armenian Genocide...which the Religion of Pieces assures us is all in the imagination of Armenians.
As cruel as a Turk.
—Greek saying
That was too cruel even for a Turk.
—Dutch saying
Where the Turk doth set foot, for a hundred years the soil brings forth no fruit.
—German saying
No cold without a gust; and without Turks no bad guests.
—Serbian saying
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