International Press Institute Criticizes Legal Action Vs. Cartoonists in Turkey

The International Press Institute (IPI) has sent out a release drawing attention to a story that hit Turkish newspapers last Thursday: Musa Kart and Zafer Temocin were the subject of preliminary legal proceedings for caricatures of Turkey's president. This is slightly confusing in that past actions and threats of same against Kart and other cartoonists came from the office of the Prime Minister (currently Recep Tayyip Erdogan) as opposed to the office of the presidency (currently Abdullah Gul), although one supposes the result is the same. Oddly, the press release fails to mention the aggrieved party, which makes me think they may be holding back in case it is Erdogan and not Gul that's the offended party here, but that's just a hunch.

Both Kart and Temocin are cartoonists for the daily paper Cumhurryet, and the link describes the cartoons in some detail.
 
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