Man who depicted Erdogan as Gollum gets suspended jail term

Turkey: A court in southwestern province of Antalya, Turkey on Thursday convicted a man, Rifat Cetin for insulting the Turkish president Tayyip Erdogan by portraying him as the Lord of the Rings character Gollum on social media.

The accused man was warned he faced a year in jail if he commits another crime.
Cetin who likened Erdogan on social media to Gollum will see his one year jail sentence suspended for five years.
Under Turkish law, such offences is punishable by up to four years in prison.

Court prosecutor, Hurriyet said, the court also stripped Cetin of his parental custody rights but gave no details.

According to Cetin, he plans to appeal the judgement given the fact that Erdogan was not president at the time of the incident, but prime minister.
The character, Gollum appeared in the blockbuster movies ''the Hobbit and his Lord of the Rings.''