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unusual facts about Article 301



I Apologize campaign

The Şişli 2nd Criminal Court Judge Hakki Yalçinkaya ordered that the 'özürdiliyoruz.com' site should be shut down and that the signatories should to be punished under Article 301 of the Turkish Penal Code, an article which makes it illegal to insult Turkey, the Turkish ethnicity, or Turkish government institutions.

Mahmut Alınak

In May 2007 Alınak was sentenced to 10 months in prison under Article 301, for his remarks about the Şemdinli incident, in which he described Parliament and the General Staff of Turkey as doing the bidding of the Counter-Guerrilla in protecting those responsible.


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