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NTV MSNBC, Turkey
Feb 1 2007
NGOs summit on article 301 Friday
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that if NGOs would not bring
up a proposal reached by consensus that government would go ahead
with its own plan.
Güncelleme: 18:04 TSÝ 01 Þubat 2007 PerþembeANKARA - Representatives
of 19 Turkish non-governmental organisations will meet on Friday to
discuss proposed changes to the controversial article301 of the
Turkish Penal Code.
The decision to stage meeting came after the call by the Chairman of
Bar Unions Ozdemir Ozok last week.
Article 301, which covers the crime of insulting Turkishness, has
again become a subject of debate after the murder of Turkish Armenian
journalist Hrant Dink, who had been was convicted under the article
prior to his murder on January 19.
Feb 1 2007
NGOs summit on article 301 Friday
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that if NGOs would not bring
up a proposal reached by consensus that government would go ahead
with its own plan.
Güncelleme: 18:04 TSÝ 01 Þubat 2007 PerþembeANKARA - Representatives
of 19 Turkish non-governmental organisations will meet on Friday to
discuss proposed changes to the controversial article301 of the
Turkish Penal Code.
The decision to stage meeting came after the call by the Chairman of
Bar Unions Ozdemir Ozok last week.
Article 301, which covers the crime of insulting Turkishness, has
again become a subject of debate after the murder of Turkish Armenian
journalist Hrant Dink, who had been was convicted under the article
prior to his murder on January 19.