(AP) Four people went on trial in the Swiss capital Tuesday over a protest against Turkey’s government four years ago where some demonstrators hoisted a banner showing a gun pointed at an image of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan next to the words, “Kill Erdogan.”
Bern regional prosecutors at the time opened a probe for alleged “public provocation of crimes or violence,” and an investigation was also opened in Turkey. Officers collected evidence when the banner was raised during a peaceful protest outside the Swiss Parliament.
Turkey’s state-run Anadolu Agency said prosecutors in Istanbul have launched a separate investigation. The people responsible for the poster could face charges for crimes such as membership in a terror organization, insulting the president and promoting terrorist propaganda, the news agency reported.
