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Turkey: 11 detained over tweets dealing with leader's family

by Associated Press
| July 1, 2020 11:27 AM

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — At least 11 people were detained in Turkey for social media postings that allegedly insulted President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s daughter and son-in-law after they announced the birth of their fourth child on Twitter, police said Wednesday.

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