Chancellor Angela Merkel said on April 15 that she will allow the possible prosecution of a German comedian after his satirical poem about the president of Turkey.
Jan Boehmermann recited the poem, which made sexual references to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, on television.
The Turkish government demanded last week to have Boehmermann prosecuted for insulting a foreign leader. Under German law, Merkel had to accept the request to approve a potential prosecution.
[The approval] means neither a prejudgment of the person affected nor a decision about the limits of freedom of art, the press and opinion.
, German Chancellor
