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Canadian 'detained in Turkey for allegedly insulting Erdogan'
Canadian 'detained in Turkey for allegedly insulting Erdogan'
A Canadian dual national has reportedly been detained in Turkey for allegedly insulting the country's president.Ece Heper, 50, was arrested on 30 December in the north-eastern town of Kars, her lawyer Sertac Celikkaleli told The Canadian Press.Canadian officials say they are offering consular assistance, but released no further information.
Turkey's penal code states that anybody who insults the president can face up to four years in prison.
Ms Heper's friend Emrah Bayram told the BBC she was arrested for Facebook posts critical of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan."It's ridiculous, she's expressing her opinion," he said.
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Re: Canadian 'detained in Turkey for allegedly insulting Erdogan'
Here you only get cyber-bullied for that.
We live in a time in which decent and otherwise sensible people are surrendering too easily to the hectoring of morons or extremists.
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Re: Canadian 'detained in Turkey for allegedly insulting Erdogan'
People on the OTHER SIDE of protests generally don't like them, but thank heavens our system HERE allows that and bases its Constitution on that very ability.
"Do not confuse motion and progress, A rocking horse keeps moving but does not make any progress"