"Relief as Turkish penal code put back
By Jonathan Gorvett in Istanbul
Friday 01 April 2005, 14:14 Makka Time, 11:14 GMT
Ridiculing the government could land journalists in jail
In a last minute decision, Turkey's parliament has voted to postpone plans to introduce a new penal code which had been slammed by journalists and human rights activists.
The new code had been due to come into force on 1 April - known as April Fool's Day in many countries, but for Turkey's journalists, a day that had taken on a much less comic connotation. "
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