Thursday, May 15, 2008

Turkish Weekly Opinion - Amendment in Article 301 and Its Effects to EU-Turkey Relations

"Amendment in Article 301 and Its Effects to EU-Turkey Relations
Mehmet Ozcan

Wednesday , 14 May 2008

Article 301 of Turkish Criminal Code was amended as we emphasized in the USAK/ISRO paper prepared by ISRO Centre for EU Studies and dated December 2007: “Turkish Criminal Code (TCC) Article 301 and 301s of the European Union”. Article 301 is the one of the most debatable issues in the EU accession process with its limiting characteristic of freedom of speech."

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