Stage actor Aydın detained by Turkish police over social media messages

Outspoken stage actor Orhan Aydın has been detained by Turkish police on Tuesday in İstanbul over his social media messages.

“I was taken to Beyoğlu police station for my social media messages. Presidency and Democracy!” said Aydın in his Twitter message on Tuesday morning.

Last year, Aydın was given suspended prison sentence of 11 months and 20 days for insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on social media.

Aydın’s sharing of a drawing by cartoonist Carlos Latuff on Erdoğan’s trip to Cuba was among the evidence of insult.

The court also said Aydın’s another posting hinted at alleged similarities between Erdoğan and Adolf Hitler. Aydın confirmed the decision on Twitter, asking: “Is this justice, ha?” (turkishminute.com)

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