The arrest of stand-up comedian Deniz Göktaş has caused a stir in Turkey. The Public Prosecutor’s Office has accused him of denigrating religious values and insulting the president. A video of Göktaş’s last performance reached around ten million views last week. Göktaş rejected the allegations in court, defending his work as satire. His lawyer criticised the investigators for taking certain passages out of context.
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