Earlier this week, Turkey demanded the removal of a photo from an exhibition in Switzerland. The photo claims that Erdogan, who was Prime minister at the time, was directly involved in the murder of a teenager during anti-government protests in 2013. The demand has been rejected. The Vice Mayor Guillaume Barazzone told Swiss media: “Geneva will not allow any country to be influenced in this matter. Geneva and Switzerland stand for freedom of expression“ RT reports: Place des Nations in front of the UN Office, where the exhibition is being staged, is a good example of this freedom as this is “where minorities must be able to express” their opinions, he added. “Therefore the administrative council will support this exhibition and it is out of the question to remove this photograph.” Demir Sönmez, a Swiss photographer of Kurdish and Armenian origin, said he is appalled by the Turkish reaction to his exhibition. “Turkey’s reaction is unacceptable,” he told RT. “Erdogan’s reaction is normal, because it’s Erdogan! He’s like a sultan in his own country. He’s begun to insult European journalists and European citizens,” Sönmez added. The photographer said that as things stand, “there’s no tolerance for journalists, intellectuals, academics in Turkey.” [...]