An investigation was opened against four of the students, who were taken into custody due to ‘insulting the President’ with the banner they carried during the graduation ceremony at the Middle East Technical University (METU). The banner carried by the students showed a cartoon, entitled, “Tayyips World” with Erdoğan depicted as an elephant, giraffe, monkey, camel, frog, snake, cow and duck.
The cartoon was published on the cover of Penguen Magazine on its 24 February 2005 issue following the penalty issued against Cumhuriyet cartoonist Musa Kart over drawing him has a cat tangled in yarn. The judicial process started by Erdoğan with 40 thousand TL compensation claim was denied by Ankara 1st Civil Court of First Instance in 2006.
09.06.2018
bbc.com