Ankara: A Turkish teenager has been released from custody
after he was arrested for insulting Turkish president Recep Tayuip Erdogan and
it caused uproar in the Turkey.
He is 16 year old boy who was arrested by the police from
his school on Wednesday and was kept in the jail for making insulting speech
against the president. In his speech he said that president is "thieving
owner of the illegal palace.'' He also spoke about the Government scandal and
controversial 1150 room palace which the president Erdogan inaugurated in
October.
There were nearly dozens of lawyers who petitioned for his
case and finally the Court agreed to release the boy from police custody. But
he still faces up to 4 years in prison if convicted on the charges.
