"Speaking out in the shadow of death: why Turkish intellectuals need armed guards
· 20 offered protection after murder of editor
· Activists urge end of ban on insulting Turkishness
Nicholas Birch in Istanbul
Saturday April 7, 2007
The Guardian
Abdurrahman Dilipak, an Islamist columnist and outspoken advocate of freedom of speech, has been tailed by the police for years. But these days, they shadow him for his own protection.
'Death threats come with the job,' he said. 'But I take them seriously now.'"
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