In Turkey, a year of attacks and trials
January 23rd, 2007 by
— Dec. 19, 2006: Writer Ipek Calislar acquitted of insulting Turkey’s founder, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, in a biography in which she said Ataturk dressed as a woman to escape an assassination attempt.
— Nov. 1, 2006: Archaeologist Ilmiye Cig acquitted of inciting religious hatred by claiming that Islamic-style head scarves were first used more than 5,000 years ago by priestesses initiating young men into sex.
— Sept. 21, 2006: Author Elif Safak acquitted of “insulting Turkishness” for her fictional characters’ statements about the killings of Armenians.
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