Turkey: Risk of 4 years in prison for the “perpetrators” of a satirical video against Erdogan – Watch video

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Video Shows Turkish Citizens Hiding Their Money From Tayyip Erdogan – Turkish Prosecution Authorities Investigate Video Makers

“Jokes at his expense Turkish president may cost those Turks who did it dearly” writes Spiegel Online under the title “Turkish justice investigations into satirical video”.

Prosecutors target TikTok video satirizing its currency policy Tayyip Erdoganhe says. The German website notes: “The video shows people holding or counting wads of cash. As soon as the Turkish president suddenly appears behind them with the exhortation to deposit them in the banks, they hide them immediately in the pocket or under the carpet.

The Turkish prosecuting authorities are conducting investigations against the creators of the video, but also against those who shared it on the Internet, a representative of the general prosecutor’s office in Konpolis confirmed to the German news agency. Under Article 299 of the Turkish Penal Code, the guilty will face with four years imprisonment”.

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