Dutch newspaper's cartoon depicts Turkey’s Erdogan as ape crushing free speech

[MikeWB]

Dutch newspaper publishes cartoon depicting Turkey's Erdogan as an ape crushing free speech

https://twitter.com/_MikeMuller/status/724484850783232000

Dutch journalist was arrested in Turkey this weekend for allegedly insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the most-read newspaper in the Netherlands on Monday published a front-page editorial cartoon that shows Erdogan as an ape, apparently crushing Europe's free speech.
The cartoon, published by the populist daily De Telegraaf, has an ape with Erdogan's face squashing a woman who appears to be Ebru Umar, the Dutch writer with a Turkish background who was arrested in Turkey on Sunday. In the cartoon, the Turkish president is standing on a rock labeled "Apenrots" — a Dutch term meaning "monkey rocks" that is used to refer to the Dutch Foreign Ministry but can also refer to a place where one dominant individual holds power.
The cartoon is titled "the long arm of Erdogan."
Umar, a columnist for the newspaper Metro, had been detained by Turkish authorities who were investigating tweets she had sent about Erdogan. Umar was released Sunday, but she says she has been ordered to remain in the country as the investigation proceeds.
The detention of Umar has added another layer to what many in the Netherlands think is a growing crackdown on free speech within Turkey — and outside its borders, too. Last week, the Turkish Consulate in Rotterdam came under fire after appearing to send an email that called for Turkish organizations in the Netherlands to report insults against Erdogan to it. The Turkish Embassy later said that the email had been poorly phrased and misunderstood, but it sparked controversy within the Netherlands, which is one of many European countries that still has "lèse-majesté" laws that prohibit insults against friendly heads of state.
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Umar was among the critics of the consulate's email, writing in a column that the call to report insults was similar to "NSB practices," a reference to the Dutch branch of the Nazi Party during the World War II era. Sadet Karabulut, a Dutch politician of Kurdish descent, described the controversy as a sign of "Erdogan's long arm in the Netherlands."
The controversy isn't limited to the Netherlands. In Germany, Chancellor Angela Merkel recently announced that she would allow Jan Böhmermann, a comedian and writer known for his acerbic style, to be prosecuted for a poem he had read on German state television that accused Erdogan of bestiality, among other things. If convicted under Germany's own lèse-majesté law, Böhmermann could face up to three years in prison. The prosecution of Böhmermann has sparked a continent-wide backlash against Turkey, with one British magazine launching a competition for rude poems about Erdogan in response. Both Germany and the Netherlands have indicated that they plan to get rid of their lèse-majesté laws.
Erdogan has led Turkey for more than 13 years, first as prime minister and as president since 2014. He was once considered a modernizer by many in the West, but he has been accused of increasingly autocratic tendencies over the years. Since he became president, the government has used a previously rarely used law to prosecute about 2,000 people for allegedly insulting Turkey's head of state.
In tweets sent over the weekend, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said he was in touch with his Turkish counterpart, Ahmet Davutoglu, about Umar's detention. Rutte also added that the situation "touches directly on our core values of freedom of expression and press freedom."

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[yankeedoodle]

Dutch journalist held in Turkey over Erdogan tweets says her Amsterdam flat was burgled

https://www.rt.com/news/340895-dutch-columnist-flat-burglary/?utm_source=browser&utm_medium=aplication_chrome&utm_campaign=chrome

[MikeWB]

Netherlands is, unfortunately, full of turkroaches.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-KgFzcCuk8

[rmstock]

The Burglary was carried out by the long arm of AKP and Erdogan inside the Netherlands,
and i think one can even say any EU member country who has a substantial number of Turkish
immigrants . That is becoming a problem. Look carefully how many and which European
Prime Ministers, Presidents, Chancelors and other heads of EU State did the full dress up tour in Ankara ...

[rmstock]

WMR reports : "EUROPE Erdogan sets up hotline in the Netherlands to report on anti-Erdogan Turks.
                          Sultan Erdogan is extending his version of sharia law to Europe."

Turkish hotline for Erdogan insults angers Dutch
21 April 2016 From the section Europe
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-36104691
   
  "
   
   Almost 2,000 legal cases have been launched in Turkey for insulting the president
   
   The Turkish consulate in Rotterdam has infuriated Dutch MPs by calling
   on Turkish groups in the Netherlands to inform it of insults against
   President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
   
   Several MPs complained of the "long arm of the Turkish state" while the
   Dutch PM said it was a "strange" move.
   
   Last week, Germany allowed the prosecution of a top satirist for
   insulting Mr Erdogan to proceed.
   
   Jan Boehmermann had read a crude poem on TV, aimed at testing German
   law.
   
   Both Germany and the Netherlands have old lese majeste laws against
   insulting the head of a friendly head of state.

   'Scared'
   
   Initially the Turkish embassy declined to comment, saying merely that
   it had seen an increase in hate messages.
   
   But after the story had prompted an outcry in the Netherlands, the
   embassy said there had been a misunderstanding.
   
   It said a consulate employee had used an unfortunate choice of words in
   its message sent to Turkish groups in the Netherlands, Dutch
   broadcaster NOS reported. Apparently the consulate had only asked to
   hear about racist statements and hate campaigns.
   
   

   Jan Boehmermann could be prosecuted under German law for insulting a foreign head of state
   
   Police protection for Boehmermann
   
   Satire row stirs German fears over free speech
   
   Merkel allows inquiry into Boehmermann
   
   Some 400,000 people of Turkish origin live in the Netherlands and the
   Dutch branch of Turkish opposition party CHP said it had taken calls
   from a number of concerned people.
   
   "They're scared because they said something critical in the past for
   example on Facebook or Twitter," a spokesperson told Dutch Turkish
   website Zaman Vandaag.
   
   The Dutch cabinet called for a clarification from Turkey over the
   hotline, amid demands from some MPs for the Turkish ambassador to be
   summoned by the foreign ministry.
   
   Prime Minister Mark Rutte said he was surprised. "It's not obvious what
   the Turkish government is trying to achieve with this action," he said.
   
   Integration Minister Lodewijk Asscher accused the Turkish embassy of
   interfering in freedom of speech in the Netherlands.
   
   Almost 2,000 cases have been opened in Turkey itself for insulting Mr
   Erdogan. But there has been uproar in Germany that a satirist could
   apparently be prosecuted at the behest of a foreign power.
   
   Last week Chancellor Angela Merkel, who had termed the poem
   "deliberately offensive", decided to let prosecutors decide whether to
   press charges.
   
   The Turkish consulate's offending email
   
   
   
   "To the relevant person,
   
   We ask urgently for the names and written comments of people who have
   given derogatory, disparaging, hateful and defamatory statements
   against the Turkish president, Turkey and Turkish society in general,
   which have reached the members and relatives of your non-governmental
   organisations or fellow citizens from your surroundings via their
   social media addresses (such as Twitter or Facebook) or via the
   official address and e-mail addresses of your non-governmental
   organisation, to be sent in before the close of business on 21 April
   2016 by email to the consulate general in Rotterdam
   
   Yours sincerely..."
   
   
   The latest affair has shone yet more light on old laws aimed at
   protecting friendly leaders.
   
   Chancellor Merkel has promised that article 103 of the German criminal
   code, which threatens imprisonment for insulting a head of state, will
   be removed by 2018.
   
   The Dutch government, too, has said it will reform its old law. The
   justice minister said the constitution should not be a museum for
   out-of-date articles.
   
   Related Topics
   
       Germany     Turkey     Netherlands
  "

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Erdogan-Kritiker tot aufgefunden
25/04/2016 08:30:00 Editor
http://www.schweizmagazin.ch/nachrichten/ausland/26785-Erdogan-Kritiker-tot-aufgefunden.html
   
  "Der eine muss wie der deutsche TV-Komiker Böhmermann mit einem Prozess
   rechnen, der andere wird verhaftet, weil er Böhmermanns verbale
   Entgleisung vor der türkischen Botschaft in Berlin zitierte und ein
   weiterer, der Unglaubliches enthüllte, wird überraschend tot
   aufgefunden. Das sind wirklich momentan keine guten Zeiten für Kritiker
   des türkischen Diktators Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
   
   Der türkische Schriftsteller Ergün Poyraz, der noch vor Kurzem
   behauptet hatte, dass der türkische Präsident Recep Tayyip Erdogan
   keinerlei höhere Bildung besitzt, wurde tot aufgefunden. Hat Erdogan
   etwa nur den Bildungsgrad eines anatolischen Maulwurfs?
   
   Poyraz soll eine Untersuchung organisiert haben mit der er beweisen
   wollte, dass Erdogans Diplom eine Fälschung ist und er nicht an der
   Universität Marmara studiert hat. Poyraz veröffentlichte daraufhin die
   ursprüngliche Version von Erdogans Diplom und es soll sich
   herausgestellt haben, dass es auf einen Zeitpunkt datiert war, als die
   Universität von Marmara noch gar nicht existierte, heisst es.
   
   Relevant dabei ist die Tatsache, dass ein 4-jähriges Studium für die
   Wahl zum Präsidenten der Türkei zwingend vorgeschrieben ist. Die
   türkische Partei "Das Heil der Menschen" hatte auf der Grundlage der
   Untersuchung von Poyraz vor Gericht Einspruch gegen Erdogans
   Präsidentschaft eingelegt, mit der Begründung, dass er ein gefälschtes
   Diplom vorgelegt habe, um an den Wahlen teilzunehmen zu können.
   
   Poyraz bekam alsbald viele Schwierigkeiten in der Türkei und wurde
   sogar mehrfach festgenommen. Jetzt wurde er vor einigen Tagen in seinem
   Zuhause tot aufgefunden, berichten übereinstimmend zahlreiche türkische
   Medien.
   
   Foto: Facebook"