A 66-year-old homeless man in Turkey is reported to have deliberately insulted President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to obtain food and a place to sleep in jail. Turkish media say the man was detained after making the insult in a park in Alanya, a southern resort town near Antalya.
According to court accounts cited by outlets, he tells the court he has nowhere to stay and sleeps in garbage dumps, and that he intentionally committed the offense for basic shelter and meals. Media reports also say he had previously tried to be jailed on similar grounds but was not successful.
Outlets agree on the core facts: the man’s age, his homelessness, the location of the detention, the insult aimed at Erdoğan, and the motive described to the court. They differ only in wording and the extent of detail provided, with one report citing a specific newspaper account and another summarizing the same case more generally.
