"IPI Welcomes Postponement of New Turkish Penal Code
Published: 1.04.2005
IPI, Vienna, 01.04.2005 -- According to information provided to the International Press Institute (IPI), on 31 March, the Turkish government announced plans to postpone the implementation of the new Turkish Penal Code (TCK). The new TCK was to go into effect on 1 April and has now been postponed until 1 June.
Adopted last year, the new TCK was seen as pivotal to Turkey's successful negotiations to join the European Union. IPI, however, along with other media organisations, has sharply criticised the new TCK because it contains an array of repressive provisions that infringe on press freedom.
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