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Tuesday, December 19, 2006

Turkey acquits writer amid EU criticism - Yahoo! News

"Turkey acquits writer amid EU criticism

ISTANBUL, Turkey - A Turkish court on Tuesday acquitted a writer of insulting the country's founder amid calls from the European Union to change repressive laws curbing freedom of expression.

Ipek Calislar had been charged with the crime of insulting Mustafa Kemal Ataturk in a biography. It was the latest of dozens of trials in Turkey against authors, journalists, publishers and scholars, including Nobel literature laureate Orhan Pamuk."

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