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Germany Moves To Remove Anti-Erdogan Poem And Merkel Calls Turkey To Apologize

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At the time, I was relieved to report that Germany had held the line on free speech. My relief of premature. German ZDF public television said Monday it had deleted a poem recited by presenter Jan Böhmermann from last Thursday's edition of "Neo Magazin Royal" after pressure from the German government. Böhmermann's poem, containing numerous sexual innuendos, accuses Erdogan of repressing minorities, including Kurds and Christians. German government spokesman Steffen Seibert said Chancellor Angela Merkel in a telephone call on Sunday evening with Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu had agreed that Böhmermann had recited a "deliberately abusive text."


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