British writer starts 'offensive poetry competition' about Turkey's Erdoan
Date
4/19/2016 12:20:37 PM
(MENAFN- The Journal Of Turkish Weekly) >British author andjournalistDouglas Murray announced the start of an “offensive poetry competition” about Turkish PresidentRecep Tayyip Erdoanon April 18 amid the ongoing “insult” row between aGermancomedian and the president.
Murray who writes for the weekly Spectator magazine penned the first poem in the competition which is titled “The President Erdoan Offensive Poetry Competition.”
The winning poem will be announced on June 23 though Murray said there would be no prize for the winner because he could not find a sponsor for the competition.
The news comes afterGermancomedian Jan Böhmermann recited a sexually crude satirical poem about Erdoan on his “Neo Magazin Royale” show onGermanpublic broadcaster ZDF on March 31 unleashing a bitter row about freedom of speech issues.
Erdoan filed a legal complaint against Böhmermann over the poem on April 12 which was followed by Ankara’s request to seek his prosecution.
German ChancellorAngela Merkelannounced on April 15 that she had accepted the Turkish request for the prosecution of Böhmermann who could be convicted under the rarely-enforced section 103 of the Germam criminal code on insulting organs or representatives of foreign states.
Meanwhile Böhmermann has announced via his official Facebook page that he has decided to suspend his own TV show.
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