Germany Turkey: Merkel allows inquiry into comic's Erdogan insultSatirist Jan Boehmermann poked fun at Turkey's president in an obscene poem on TV Germany will allow the potential prosecution of a top comedian after the Turkish president filed a complaint. Jan Boehmermann had recited a satirical poem on television which made sexual references to Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Under German law, Chancellor Angela Merkel's government had to approve a criminal inquiry. Mrs
