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epa05255497 A picture made available 12 April 2016 shows German satirist and TV host Jan Boehmermann receiving the German TV Award in the category 'Best Entertainment Late Night' for his show 'Neo Magazin Royale' on ZDF, in Duesseldorf, Germany, 13 January 2016. Turkish President Erdogan on 11 April 2016 filed a request for prosecution against German satirist Boehmermann, the Mainz public prosecutor's office confirmed. German prosecutors had on 06 April 2016 initiated inquiries on Boehmermann on the suspicion of insulting representatives of foreign states. In his satirical TV show 'Neo Magazin Royale' which was aired on 31 March, Boehmermann declaimed an invective poem targeted at Turkish president Erdogan. EPA/ROLF VENNENBERND