A Turkish doctor faces jail for comparing President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to the character Gollum in The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings. The fate of the doctor, Bilgin Ciftci, rests in the hands of a ...

As far as anyone can tell, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan isn't especially skinny, pale, or obsessed with a small gold ring. However, it will now be up to a court in southern Turkey to ...

Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has been accused of being a little 'precious' as a citizen faces jail for sharing a meme likening the head of state to Gollum from the Lord of the Rings ...

In case you haven’t been keeping an eye on the political scene in Turkey, the President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan is not keen on criticism. Mr Erdogan is not a man who takes criticism well.

Experts in the defamation case launched against Dr. Bilgin Çiftçi for juxtaposing photographs of President Erdoğan and Gollum have said that the Lord of the Rings character was oppressed, and not a ...

Turkey blocked access to Elon Musk’s Grok after a court ruled that the bot insulted President Erdogan in Turkish-language ...

Expertise report in “Gollum case” which is one of the insulting against President Erdoğan cases has been announced: “It is Smeagol in the photos, not Gollum. He used to be a good Hobbit before ...

A Turkish court is considering whether a doctor's Facebook post comparing President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to Gollum violates a law forbidding insults against the head of state: Turkish doctor ...