MEMRI On Erdogan-Era Turkish Comics

The Middle East Media Research Institute has a lengthy yet mostly easy-to-follow article on the noxious practice of Turkish politicians using that country's courts to seek action against political cartoonists. They mention the most powerful person who has pursued (and won) legal action against cartoonists, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and his lawsuits because of the deep mental anguish he's felt after being portrayed as some sort of animal. Thankfully, none of the suits seems to have greatly reduced the flood of satirical and pointedly political material coming out in various Turkish publications. I can't say enough laudatory things about cartoonists who put themselves at risk for principle and to practice what should be a fundamental right to making one's opinion known.
 
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