Turkish court asks 'Gollum experts' if Erdoğan comparison is insult

[miles]

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[QUOTE]The trial of a Turkish man accused of insulting the president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, by comparing him to Gollum has been adjourned so that a group of experts can study JRR Tolkein’s Lord of the Rings character, Turkish media has reported.

Bilgin Çiftçi was fired from his job at Turkey’s public health service in October after sharing images comparing Erdoğan’s facial expressions to those of Gollum.

According to a report in the daily newspaper Today’s Zaman, a court in Aydın has adjourned Çiftçi’s trial as the chief judge had not seen the Lord of the Rings films. The court-appointed experts have reportedly been asked to determine whether the comparison is indeed an insult.[/QUOTE]

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I don't even..

[DrLuke]

Heh, and they want to join the EU... right...

[miles]

[QUOTE=DrDevil;49229415]Heh, and they want to join the EU... right...[/QUOTE]

I doubt anyone wants to join the EU anymore. It's more like Erdoğan and his cronies are "playing" with EU in their sick minds.

I personally don't think that we belong to Europe both culturally and geographically.

[Kite_shugo]

Sounds like satire on the level of the movie Idiocracy

[crumbleshake]

Hey Erdogan, don't worry.

You're a lot worse than Gollum.

[DiBBs]

This is infant tier levels of idiocy.

This guy leads a country, and here he is abusing his power over nothing more than what would be an internet meme.

This guy shouldn't even be welcome in civilization.