German dentist faces four years in prison because of quarrel at Turkey's airport

German dentist Christian B. will appear before a judge in Antalya on Tuesday, has been in custody for a month because of a row with a Turkish woman at the airport, who accused him of insulting President Recep Tayip Erdogan.

The 63-year-old landed at Antalya airport in early November intended to spend several days in the Turkish sun, but he argued with a woman. There are two versions of the dispute.

Germany says that while waiting for luggage on the carrier tape, he only warned the woman to keep the recommended distance at the time of the Corona virus and that she later went to get the police. The woman claims that Christian B. He cursed it, Turks as a nation and President Erdogan.

One count of insulting the president may be dangerous, as the Criminal Code provides for one to four years in prison. Last year alone, an investigation began in 36,000 cases of the president's assault, a third of which went to court. and some 4,000 people were sentenced to fine or imprisonment.