‘When an ox involves the palace, he doesn’t turn into a king, however the palace turns into a barn,” Turkish journalist Sedef Kabaş quipped on TV final month. And the nation turns into a jail: Witness the results Ms. Kabaş now faces as a result of her comment was interpreted as insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
Police arrested Ms. Kabaş in late January, and the Turkish press experiences that she faces as much as 11 years in jail for criticizing Mr. Erdoğan and two senior officers. “It’s nobody’s place to insult our President, who has been doing nice service to this nation for years, below the title of freedom of expression,” tweetedFahrettin Altun, Mr. Erdoğan’s communications director.
