Reporters Without Borders seconds the United Nations' call on the Turkish government to "guarantee freedom of opinion and expression," as the imprisonment and punishment of journalists on charges of challenging and acting to 'overthrow government via conspiracy' are ridiculous and...
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The Grand National Assembly of Turkey voted Wednesday in favor of restricting the controversial Article 301 of the country's penal code , which makes "insulting the Turkish identity"...
Turkey pledges to amend controversial insult law after EU criticism
Turkish Justice Minister Mehmet Ali Sahin said Tuesday that a new bill to reform a controversial law that criminalizes insults to Turkish identity will go before the Turkish parliament soon. He did not say...
Aram Suren Hamparian : "The adoption of the Armenian genocide resolution would represent a meaningful step toward reclaiming our right - as Americans - to speak openly and honestly about the first genocide of the...
New Turkish president urges amendment of law against insulting 'Turkishness'
New Turkish President Abdullah Gul Wednesday proposed amending a law that makes it a crime to insult Turkish national identity. Gul said at a Council of Europe meeting in Strasbourg that the law...
Turkish foreign minister backs changing state slander penal code provision
Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul has called for change to the controversial Article 301 of Turkey's penal code, which makes "insulting the Turkish identity" a crime. Gul, who last December...
Turkish-Armenian author accused of insulting national identity killed
Turkish-Armenian author Hrant Dink, journalist and editor of the newspaper Agos , was shot and killed Friday in Istanbul. Dink was one of several writers to have been charged recently with "insulting the Turkish identity" in...
Turkish author found not guilty of insulting national identity
Turkish writer Ipek Calislar was found not guilty Tuesday of "insulting the Turkish identity" in violation of Article 301 of the country's penal code. Calislar went on trial in October for writing that the founder...
Two Turkish Christians have gone on trial for their alleged "public denigration of the Turkish identity." Hakan Tastan, 37, and Turan Topal, 46, allegedly made insults against Turkey while attempting to convert other Turks to Christianity. The two defendants...
EU report on Turkey accession cites prosecution of critics as obstacle
Turkey's bid for EU membership still faces significant obstacles, including the slowing of reforms and laws inhibiting freedom of speech, according to report released by the European Commission Wednesday. EU Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn [official...