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In Turkey, When Does a Joke Become a Crime?

JACOBIN · Dora Mengüç ·

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Comedian Deniz Göktaş spent 88 days in a high-security prison for insulting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. He turned his sentence into a punch line, but the chilling consequences of the case extend far beyond one comedian.

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