Tuesday, November 04, 2014

Cartoon depicting Turkey’s Erdogan as dog enrages Ankara

Turkey has responded angrily to the appearance of a caricature in a German textbook depicting the Turkish president as a canine, summoning the German ambassador for explanation.

The depiction turned up in a textbook in Germany’s southern state of Baden Wuerttemberg, personifying a dog as the Turkish head of state, Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The animal is shown watching over a kennel, also named after the Turkish leader.

Ankara has summoned Eberhard Pohl, Germany’s ambassador to Turkey, over the matter .... http://www.presstv.ir