Turkey
Two journalists are facing investigation for caricPosted Apr 2 2008
The Turks, Musa Kart and Zafer Temocin both work for the Turkish daily Cumhurryet. They are facing criminal proceedings for caricatures that are deemed to have breached Turkish legislation criminalizing insults to the President.
In the cartoon drawn by Kart, the president is depicted as a scarecrow in a cornfield meanwhile Temocin pictures the President sitting in a money-filled envelope held by an Arabian prince.
If both of them are successfully prosecuted, they face four years imprisonment.
David Dadge, IPI director urged the Turkish authorities to drop all the charges, adding “At the time when the international community is encouraging the Turkish government to ease its restrictions on freedom of expression, it appears that it may be moving in the opposite direction.”