Turkish sculptor faces four-year jail for ‘insulting’ Erdogan

‘Turkish sculptor Mehmet Aksoy faces more than four years in prison after being accused of insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Prosecutors in the Turkish capital, Istanbul, have demanded 56 months in jail for the artist who allegedly insulted the president by saying Erdogan’s earnings were illegitimate.

In March, a sculpture by Aksoy titled “Monument of Humanity”, which was created to encourage reconciliation between Turkey and Armenia, was labelled as a “monstrosity” by the Turkish president.’

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