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Quoting Turkish Proverb... 'Go to Jail... do not collect $200!!!"
Sedef Kabas: Turkish journalist jailed for reciting proverb
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Sedef Kabas is accused of insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan
A Turkish court has detained well-known journalist Sedef Kabas for allegedly insulting the country's president.
Ms Kabas was arrested on Saturday in Istanbul and a court ordered her to be jailed ahead of a trial.
She is accused of targeting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan with a proverb which she quoted on live television on an opposition-linked TV channel. She denies the charge.
The charge carries a prison sentence of between one and four years.
"There is a very famous proverb that says that a crowned head becomes wiser. But we see it is not true," she said on the Tele1 channel. "A bull does not become king just by entering the palace, but the palace becomes a barn."
She also later posted the quote on Twitter.
Mr Erdogan's Chief Spokesman Fahrettin Altun described her comments as "irresponsible".
"A so-called journalist is blatantly insulting our president on a television channel that has no goal other than spreading hatred," he wrote on Twitter.
In her court statement, Ms Kabas denied intending to insult the president."
Quoting Turkish Proverb... 'Go to Jail... do not collect $200!!!"
Sedef Kabas: Turkish journalist jailed for reciting proverb
Published22 hours ago
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Sedef Kabas
IMAGE SOURCE, AFP
Image caption,
Sedef Kabas is accused of insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan
A Turkish court has detained well-known journalist Sedef Kabas for allegedly insulting the country's president.
Ms Kabas was arrested on Saturday in Istanbul and a court ordered her to be jailed ahead of a trial.
She is accused of targeting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan with a proverb which she quoted on live television on an opposition-linked TV channel. She denies the charge.
The charge carries a prison sentence of between one and four years.
"There is a very famous proverb that says that a crowned head becomes wiser. But we see it is not true," she said on the Tele1 channel. "A bull does not become king just by entering the palace, but the palace becomes a barn."
She also later posted the quote on Twitter.
Mr Erdogan's Chief Spokesman Fahrettin Altun described her comments as "irresponsible".
"A so-called journalist is blatantly insulting our president on a television channel that has no goal other than spreading hatred," he wrote on Twitter.
In her court statement, Ms Kabas denied intending to insult the president."
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