Turkish PM hears suggestions on reforming state slander penal code provision
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan met Sunday with representatives of nearly a dozen non-governmental organizations to discuss possible reforms to the controversial Article 301 of Turkey's penal code, which criminalizes the denigration...
Turkish rights record to be focus of emergency EU-Turkey membership talks
Turkey's bid for European Union membership could be further damaged by an unreleased report on the country's human rights record, a draft version of which was obtained by the Independent. The report condemns Turkey's refusal to compromise on free...
Turkish PM says no plans to change state slander provision for EU bid
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that his government has no plans to abolish Article 301 of the country's penal code, despite warnings from the European Union ...
EU decries passage of French bill on Armenian 'genocide' denial
The European Union (EU) Friday condemned passage of a French bill making it a crime punishable by imprisonment to deny that the mass killing of Armenians in Turkey during World War I...
Turkish novelist subject of state slander case wins Nobel Prize
Turkey's most prominent writer, Orhan Pamuk , won the Nobel Prize in Literature Thursday for his work examining the role of Islam in society. Pamuk, a visiting professor at Columbia University, said he...
Another Turkish author tried for insulting national identity
Another Turkish author went on trial Thursday on charges that he "insulted the Turkish identity" in violation of Article 301 of the country's penal code. Ipek Calislar wrote that the founder of modern Turkey, Mustafa...
A judge in Turkey Thursday acquitted Turkish novelist Elif Shafak on charges that she "insulted the Turkish identity" in violation of Article 301 of the country's penal code, for comments referring...
The Turkish parliament, the Grand National Assembly , is scheduled to meet Tuesday, two weeks earlier than usual, to work on passing reform measures aimed at gaining membership to the European Union . The EU has...
A Turkish court on Friday dismissed a lawsuit seeking compensation from novelist Orhan Pamuk , who was sued by six nationalists after he made allegedly unfavorable remarks to a Swiss magazine about Turkey's stance on...
Turkish journalist acquitted for defending military objector
Turkish author and journalist Perihan Magden was acquitted Thursday for defending an objector who was sentenced to four years in prison for refusing to wear his military uniform. The law in Turkey requires any man...
