Turkish teen detained for 'insulting' Erdo?an

A 15-year-old schoolboy has been detained by police in Turkey for allegedly "insulting" President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an, local media reports said on Oct. 22.
  
According to reports, the teenager, identified by the initials Ü. E., spent the night on Oct. 21 in a police station after being stopped by officers outside an Internet café.
  
He was set to be brought before a court on Oct. 22 which would decide whether to charge the minor or fine him.
  
The agency did not give details of the boy's alleged "insult," yet insulting the president is a crime in Turkey and those found guilty face up to four years in prison. 
    
The arrest in December of a 17-year-old accused of insulting Erdo?an sparked outrage in the country and abroad, fuelling concerns about freedom of speech in Turkey.
  
In that case the teenager was given an 11-month suspended sentence.
  
Since Erdo?an's election as president last August, the number of prosecutions for insulting the head of state has risen and target artists and journalists as well as schoolchildren.
  
Earlier this month the editor of a leading English-language daily newspaper, Today's Zaman, was detained on suspicion of insulting Erdo?an in a series of tweets.

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