Swiss investigate protest sign calling for killing of Turkish president
ZURICH - Swiss prosecutors are investigating whether a protest sign calling for the killing of Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan violated laws against inciting violence, police said on Monday.
People demonstrating in Bern on Saturday against plans to extend Erdogan's powers held up a sign reading "Kill Erdogan with his own weapons" and pictured a pistol aimed at his head.
Turkey's foreign ministry summoned Swiss diplomats in Ankara, demanding legal action against people at the rally, which drew thousands including Kurdish demonstrators.
Erdogan himself, who has accused Germany and the Netherlands of Nazi-style tactics for preventing rallies supporting his proposed new powers - which are due to be put to a referendum next month - said Switzerland had gone even further.
"Their leftist parties and the terrorists ... have come together and carried out a march ... In the Swiss parliament, they hang my picture with a gun to my head," he said.
