Man Lost Job And Could Face Jail Time For MeMe Comparing Turkey's President to Gollum

TURKEY — Ah, the decisions that judges must make. 

A Turkish judge must decide if Gollum, the character from "The Lord of the Rings" films, is a good guy or a villain.

A man's freedom hinges on that decision, The Telegraph reported.

Bilgin Ciftci, a Turkish doctor, stands accused of sharing a meme that compared Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to Gollum, The Telegraph reported.

Bu fotoğrafları paylaştığı için memuriyetten atılan Dr. Bilgin Çiftçi yalnız değildir! İlle bir işlem yapmak istiyorsanı...

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The judge said he had only seen parts of the movie, Turkish media reported, so he found five experts to help weigh in.

The group, which is said to include two academics, two behavioral experts and a movie and television production expert, will help him decide if Gollum is a good guy or a villain.
They have two and a half months to look at unspecified evidence.

Ciftci lost his job over the trial and could face jail time.
More than 200 people have been investigated for "insulting the head of state" between August 2014 and March 2015, The Telegraph found.

A newspaper editor was arrested in October for insulting Erdogan on Twitter and a former Miss

Turkey was also accused in a different case.

Just ridiculousness