BERLIN — Late-night comedy sketches featuring a German song and a follow-up poem making fun of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan have created a diplomatic rift, and left German Chancellor Angela ...

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan makes a speech during a conference in Istanbul, Turkey May 17, 2016. REUTERS/Murad Sezer BERLIN (Reuters) - A Hamburg court issued a preliminary injunction on Tuesday ...

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A German MP from Angela Merkel’s Christian Democrats on Thursday read out in parliament the satirical poem that offended Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and landed a comedian in hot water.

BERLIN (DPA) - German satirist Jan Boehmermann is taking Chancellor Angela Merkel to court over her assessment of a 2016 poem he read out on television mocking Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, ...