The Boehmerman case
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Chronology of an abusive criticism
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The satirist Jan Böhmermann in his studio.
(Photo: Oliver Berg/picture alliance / Oliver Berg/d)
“Erdowie, Erdowo, Erdowan”: The Turkish government summoned the German ambassador because of a satirical report on NDR. Then Jan Böhmermann takes up the topic – and things escalate even more.
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Julia Bergman
Six years of controversy have come to an end. When it came to the question of whether Jan Böhmermann’s diatribe against Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was permissible, the satirist ultimately suffered a defeat. The judges at the Federal Constitutional Court dismiss his complaint – without justification. It is the culmination of a dispute over the question of where the boundaries of art lie. It all started relatively harmlessly at first. A chronology of events.
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