"Lawyer who's taking on the EU (and anyone who insults Turkey)
BENJAMIN HARVEY IN ISTANBUL
KEMAL Kerincsiz believes Turkey is one of the greatest, most free countries in the world.
But insult it, and you could find yourself facing him in court.
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To some of Turkey's 70 million people, the ultra-nationalist lawyer is the voice of a proud people against a patronising West. To others, he is the voice of intolerance - a major embarrassment that could derail Turkey's bid to join the European Union.
As the ubiquitous, mustachioed leader of the Turkish Lawyers' Union, Mr Kerincsiz is the reason writers and intellectuals are regularly put on trial in Turkey."
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