Musa Kart Cat Decision Overturned

The Supreme Court of Appeals in Ankara, Turkey has overturned a decision regarding the cartoonist Musa Kart and rejected the notion he needed to pay compensation for depicting Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan as an animal, specifically a cat. The fine had been about $3,700 in USD. The cartoon was published by Cumhuriyet. Erdogan had recently renewed his efforts to fight various unflattering depictions of him through legal channels.
 
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