Turkish Bid to Track Erdogan Picture Denied by U.S., Taraf Says

The U.S. Justice Department rejected a Turkish prosecutor’s request for help tracking an e- mail address linked to images of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s head superimposed on a pig, Taraf newspaper said.

The request by the state prosecutor in Trabzon would force the U.S. to act contrary to its constitutional obligation to protect free speech, Taraf cited the U.S. response as saying.

The Turkish prosecutor was trying to find the creator of the images, which were posted at a local university and connected to an address on Google Inc.’s gmail service, Taraf said.

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