CultureA satirical and controversial poem04:57This browser does not support the video element.Culture04/28/2016April 28, 2016The German government has given Turkey the go-ahead for its lawsuit against Jan Böhmermann. The satirist had recited a poem about Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on TV. Now it's up to a German court to decide if he’s guilty of defamation.Copy linkAdvertisement