Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan intends to ban quoting a poem read on German TV by satirist Ian Böhmermann, Der Spiegel reported.

The lawyer Michael-Hubertus von Sprenger representing Erdogan's interests in Germany submitted the corresponding claim to the Regional Court in Hamburg.

In May, the Hamburg court prohibited Böhmermann to cite certain passages from the controversial poem. At the same time, the judge noted that in general it is a satire, although some parts are recognized as insulting the honor and dignity of the plaintiff.

The statement against Böhmermann on suspicion of an insult of the leader of a foreign state is under consideration in Mainz.

The satirist on air of a Neo Magazin Royale broadcast read the offensive poem about the Turkish leader on March 31. Subsequently, the German Foreign Ministry received a verbal note from Ankara which contained an appeal to take legal measures in relation to the leader. German Chancellor Angela Merkel said that the German government decided to satisfy inquiry and not to prevent the initiation of criminal prosecution against the satirist, TASS reported.