A German artist complained Friday after his gallery took down a painting that depicts Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan with a banana in his buttocks. The provocative painting entitled “Turkish dictator” by Thomas Baumgaertel has sparked noisy complaints and protests at the art Karlsruhe fair. The Turkish newspaper Daily Sabah reported on the painting, saying that to Turks it presented a “racist and vulgar attack” on their president. Oess said the painting, part of the “Despots series — Trump, Kim and Erdogan”, had sold for 5,900 euros ($7,200). Erdogan has in the past sued a German TV comic over his satirical “Defamatory Poem.”

Source: Dhaka Tribune February 24, 2018 05:03 UTC