Deniz Göktaş was detained at Istanbul airport after a viral stand-up routine in which he mocked Turkey’s president and joked about the Quran; prosecutors say they received 185 complaints accusing him of insulting the president and religious values

Turkish comedian Deniz Göktaş was detained at the airport on July 2 upon returning from a vacation abroad, as part of an investigation launched over his remarks in his latest…

Turkish authorities have detained comedian Deniz Goktas whose stand-up routine drew complaints that it insulted religious values after it was widely viewed online.