Ankara cracks down on CNN Turk after reference to president Erdogan as ‘dictator’

‘A court in Istanbul has launched an investigation into the Turkish television station CNN Turk after it used the phrase “‘Dictator’ on trial” in reference to a dispute between President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and opposition leader Kemal Kılıcdaroglu.

CNN Turk used a screen graphic during its broadcast while reporting on the Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kilicdaroglu. Last week, he called Erdogan a “tin pot dictator,” Today’s Zaman reports. The screen graphic “Dictator’ on trial” was in reference to the case against the CHP leader.

The Bakırkoy Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office in Turkey’s largest city filed a complaint against the broadcaster for “insulting the president” through the use of its screen graphic. It is expected that the station’s news director and the manager responsible for the broadcast will attend the court in the next few days.’

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