Turkey to Geneva: No, You Can’t Insult Erdogan Either

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been made fun of a lot this month — and he is getting sick of it. First, it was the German “Erdowie, Erdowa, Erdogan” video featuring footage of his most embarrassing moments interspersed with criticism of his crackdown on protesters. That got him angry enough to summon the German ambassador to discuss the matter.

Then Berlin gave him permission to pursue court proceedings against a different German comedian, Jan Boehmermann, who made another video mocking Erdogan’s response to the initial short satirical film. On Saturday, a Dutch journalist who criticized the Turkish president on social media was arrested in western Turkey.

And now Erdogan’s campaign against his foreign critics has extended to the capital of political neutrality in Geneva, Switzerland. This time, it’s not targeting a comedian but an already dead teenager, a photo of whom is on display in Geneva as part of a photography exhibition across from the United Nations complex there .... http://foreignpolicy.com