Turkish man arrested for 'insulting president, PM' on emergency line

A man was arrested on March 30 in the southeastern province of ?anl?urfa after calling a police line and insulting a number of public officials, including Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an and Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu.

The man, identified as ?smail B., reportedly called police line 155 while he was drinking alcohol and insulted the president, the prime minister and other public officials on the phone.

Police detained ?smail B. over his call and transferred him to court after taking his testimony.

Accordingly, a local court ruled for the arrest of ?smail B. on a charge of "insulting public officials."
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