"The trials of free speech in Turkey
Murat Belge
6 - 2 - 2006
Murat Belge, one of the Turkish journalists facing trial in Istanbul over public discussion of the 1915 Armenian massacres, sees his case as an emblem of Turkey's struggle against the country's anti-democratic 'deep state'.
Five newspaper columnists go on trial in Istanbul tomorrow, 7 February, charged with insulting Turkey's judiciary and trying to influence the course of an ongoing case. I am one of them along with Hasan Cemal, İsmet Berkan, Haluk Şahin and Erol Katırcıoğlu. Ours is only one of a large number of similar cases. Amnesty International has counted nearly sixty."
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