Turkish comedian gets suspended sentence over sexually explicit joke about Ottoman sultan

An İstanbul court on Tuesday handed down a suspended five-month sentence to stand-up comedian Tuba Ulu over a sexually explicit joke about Ottoman Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent, Turkish Minute reported. The İstanbul 13th Criminal Court of First Instance convicted Ulu of “publicly denigrating a segment of society.” Prosecutors had sought a sentence of up to three years. […] The post Turkish comedian gets suspended sentence over sexually explicit joke about Ottoman sultan appeared first on St...

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