Comedian arrested for making jokes about Erdoğan and Islam in Turkey crackdown0

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• July 3, 2026

Comedian Deniz Göktaş has been arrested by an Istanbul court after being detained at the city’s main airport for a performance that has attracted 9.4 million views on YouTube. Göktaş is accused of “inciting hatred and hostility” in his stage routine, as well as insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. He is the latest artist to