The Guardian: Turkey 'demands deletion' of German video mocking Erdoğan
Ankara summons German envoy to explain song lampooning Turkish president, according to reports
The Turkish government has reportedly ordered the deletion from the internet of a German satirical video that pokes fun at President Recep Tayipp Erdoğan and condemns his human rights record.
Germany’s ambassador to Turkey, Martin Erdmann, was summoned to the foreign ministry in Ankara last week, according to German media, and asked to justify the contents of the short film made by Extra 3, the popular satirical television programme.
“We demanded that the programme be deleted,” a Turkish diplomat told Agence France-Presse on condition of anonymity.
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WNU Editor: The video is funny (see above) .... but to demand its removal is causing more publicity than what it would otherwise get.
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For all times I've claimed that Germans have no sense of humor (name all the famous German stand up comedians), I humbly apologize and take it all back.
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