“Pervert, lousy and bestiality”: this is how the moderator of ZDF, Jan Böhmermann, described Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in his talk show “Neo Magazin Royal” and today is it to be prosecuted for “insulting a representative of a foreign State” (art. 103 of the criminal code), an offense punishable by three years in prison and described by some crime of “treason”.

Asked by the German news weekly Die Zeit and Policy Analysis (Time) that appeared Thursday, May 12 on a possible meeting with Erdogan over a cup of tea in January Böhmermann replied: “If he releases all detained journalists and opposition, constantly seeking to resolve the Kurdish issue militarily, and admit openly and publicly the genocide of the Turks against the Armenians during the First World War. “