Mon, 25 Sep 2006

Novelist acquitted of 'insulting Turkishness'

And this country wants admission to the EU ... amazing.

What do you think the reaction would be if Germany started punishing Holocaust survivors for "insulting Germaness"?

One of Turkey's leading authors was acquitted Thursday of "insulting Turkishness" in a novel that touched on the mass killings of Armenians during the final years of the Ottoman Empire.

(link) [CNN.com]

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