Ankara, Oct 16, 2026 (AFP) - Homeless man insults Erdogan to get bed in jail: report

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A Turkish homeless man admitted to intentionally committing the offence of insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in order to get access to food and a bed in jail, media reports said Friday. The 66-year-old was detained for the offence in a park in the southern resort town of Alanya, near the city of Antalya. "I have nowhere to stay, I sleep in rubbish dumps. That is why I did it," he told a court, which jailed him pending trial for the offence......

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