Erdoğan–Gollum comparison trials

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the president of Turkey, has been compared to Gollum—a fictional character in J. R. R. Tolkien's novel The Lord of the Rings and its film adaptations—in social media posts, which has led to several trials for insulting the president in the 2010s and 2020s in Turkey. == Background == Under Article 299 of the Turkish Penal Code, it is a punishable offense to insult the president; a violation can lead to a prison sentence of up to four years.

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