"Turkey Gradually Moving Towards Freedom Of Speech
by Michael van der Galien
Turkey is one of the countries that are trying desperately to join the EU. Of course, if Turkey does not want to be left behind (economically), it has to become a member of the European Union.
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Best selling Turkish novelist Elif Shafak was accused of breaking article 301 of Turkey's penal code: which envisages up to three years in jail for 'denigrating Turkish national identity'.'. Today a court acquitted her. "
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