'Penguen' on trial for poking fun at the PM

eedings began yesterday in Ankara for the case opened by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan against the Turkish humor magazine, Penguen. PM Erdogan is suing Penguen for 40,000YTL for what he says are its insulting depictions of him as an elephant, giraffe, monkey, ostrich, frog, snake, cow, and duck.Proc Representing the PM in Ankara's First Judicial Court yesterday was his lawyer, Fatih Sahin. Penguen's owner, Erdil Yasaroglu, and his lawyer were present at the hearing, where they presented letters denying the claims of the prosecution. At the first hearing, the procedure for the next hearings was postponed in order to give the prosecution time to brief PM Erdogan on the contents of the defense's letter. Â