Erdogan plays basketball with youth

Turkish authorities have initiated legal proceedings against 30 people over a series of Twitter posts suggesting that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan had died, according to a police statement on Wednesday. The police statement said the 30 were being investigated for sharing posts using the hashtag “olmus” in Turkish – which roughly translates as “is said to be dead.” They face legal proceedings for allegedly sharing “disinformation and manipulative content” as well as insulting Erdogan.

November 5, 2021 | 10:33 pm