Turkish Prosecutor Seizes Copy of Magazine, Accuses Publication Of Insulting President

From the Guardian, news that a prosecutor in Istanbul has banned an issue of the magazine Nokta because it features an image of the Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and a soldier’s coffin in the background.  The image is described as a “mock selfie.”

The prosecutor accused the magazine of insulting the President and “making terrorist propaganda,” according to the Guardian. The magazine also said on Twitter that one of its editors has been arrested and is due in court next week.

More here from the Guardian, and here from Agence France Presse.