Transsexual Turkish singer acquitted
Bulent Esroy, a popular transsexual singer in Turkey, was acquitted yesterday of charges of ‘turning the people against military service’.
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ECHR fines Turkey on right to expression
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled on 2 December that Turkish Labour Party (EMEP) member Ahmet Gemici’s right to freedom of expression was violated when the police seized copies of a party magazine whose distribution or sale had been banned.
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‘There are more people working on censoring the Internet than developing it’
The successes of Harun Yahya show just how easy it is to shut down web discussion in Turkey, writes Yigal Schleifer
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Turkish writer acquitted
Prominent Turkish writer Cezmi Ersoz, who was charged with ‘discouraging people from military service’ in an article in Leman magazine on September 2007, has been acquitted today.
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