Is Schm&#228;hkritik illegal in Germany and what could happen?
<p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_B%C3%B6hmermann" rel="nofollow">Jan Böhmermann</a> made a <a href="http://www.zeit.de/kultur/film/2016-04/recep-tayyip-erdogan-gedicht-zdf-jan-boehmermann" rel="nofollow">Schmähkritik about the president of Turkey, Erdoğan</a>. Is that illegal, what could happen? Could Erdoğan actually sue ZDF and the satirist? What would happen, if he would do that?</p>

<p>And how/where should he sue him? He lives in Turkey and it's a German satire show.</p>

<p>Following the links in the article you quoted, you find that it is indeed illegal in Germany to insult a foreign head of state. For a prosecution to happen, the foreign government has to ask for prosecution, and it would be a criminal case. It's not clear to me whether a TV station could be sued as well. </p>

<p>Where Mr. Böhmermann lives would be irrelevant, what would be relevant is whether the insult happened in Germany. </p>

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