Germany's ambassador to Turkey was called in for a tongue lashing after a show on Germany's public TV station aired a satirical video criticizing Turkish Pres. Recip Erdogan's crackdown on the media. The video mentions the imprisonment of an unfriendly biography of Erdogan and others cases of the media crackdown. The show frequently satirizes public figures and political leaders. Within two days of the controversy, the number of views of the video got on YouTube went from a few thousand to more than three million.
Friday, April 01, 2016
#TURKEY: German Ambassador Questioned After German Radio Broadcasts Satirical Song Criticizing Erdogan
[world politics news]
Germany's ambassador to Turkey was called in for a tongue lashing after a show on Germany's public TV station aired a satirical video criticizing Turkish Pres. Recip Erdogan's crackdown on the media. The video mentions the imprisonment of an unfriendly biography of Erdogan and others cases of the media crackdown. The show frequently satirizes public figures and political leaders. Within two days of the controversy, the number of views of the video got on YouTube went from a few thousand to more than three million.
Germany's ambassador to Turkey was called in for a tongue lashing after a show on Germany's public TV station aired a satirical video criticizing Turkish Pres. Recip Erdogan's crackdown on the media. The video mentions the imprisonment of an unfriendly biography of Erdogan and others cases of the media crackdown. The show frequently satirizes public figures and political leaders. Within two days of the controversy, the number of views of the video got on YouTube went from a few thousand to more than three million.
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