Police protection for satirist Boehmermann over Erdogan poem
A German TV comic, Jan Boehmermann, has been placed under police protection after he read an obscene poem about Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
A police spokesperson said a patrol car had been parked in front of his house.
Mr Erdogan has filed a criminal complaint against the satirist in a case that has prompted a debate in Germany over freedom of speech.
German prosecutors are investigating whether he broke a law against insulting foreign leaders.
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Bild website reported that the satirist and his family were apparently facing a threat from supporters of the Turkish president.
Jan Boehmermann, considered Germany's most incisive satirist, had read the obscene poem on his Neo Magazin Royale programme on 31 March, making clear that it included material that broke German laws on free speech.
In particular, the poem made references to sex with goats and sheep, as well as repression of Turkish minorities.
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