Trial of man who compared president to Lord of the Rings character reportedly adjourned after judge says he hasn’t seen filmsThe trial of a Turkish man accused of insulting the president,Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, by comparing him to Gollum has been adjourned so that a group of experts can study JRR Tolkein’s Lord of the Rings character, or Turkish media has reported.
Bilgin Çiftçi was fired from his job at Turkey’s public health service in October after sharing images comparing Erdoğan’s facial expressions to those of Gollum.
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Source: theguardian.com