"Turkish professor found guilty of insulting Ataturk
Posted : Mon, 28 Jan 2008 11:54:02 GMT
Ankara - A Turkish professor was on Monday handed a suspended prison sentence after being found guilty of insulting the memory of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, founder of the Turkish republic, the Dogan news agency reported. A court in Izmir found that Professor Atilla Yayla had insulted Ataturk's memory in comments he made at a panel last year that Turkey was not as politically progressive during the early years of the Turkish republic as is generally thought."
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