Dawkins book faces Turkish ban

Subject: Dawkins book faces Turkish ban Thu Jan 03, 2008 7:06 pm

A prosecutor is investigating whether to press charges against the Turkish publisher of a bestselling book by atheist writer Richard Dawkins for inciting religious hatred, reports said yesterday.

Publisher Erol Karaaslan said yesterday that he would be questioned by an Istanbul prosecutor as part of an official investigation into The God Delusion, written by the British expert in evolutionary biology.

Karaaslan could go on trial if the prosecutor concludes the book incites religious hatred and insults religious values, and faces up to one year in prison if found guilty, Milliyet newspaper reported.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/turkey/story/0,,2218652,00.html

Subject: Re: Dawkins book faces Turkish ban Thu Jan 03, 2008 7:12 pm

Trial of publisher revives row over Turkish 'insult' law

Nearly two years after the internationally acclaimed author Orhan Pamuk narrowly escaped imprisonment for statements that were thought to "insult Turkishness", the publisher of a British writer goes on trial today accused of the same charge.

Ragip Zarakolu is facing up to three years in prison for publishing a book - promoting reconciliation between Turks and Armenians - by George Jerjian, a writer living in London.

Jerjian's book, The Truth Will Set Us Free, which was translated into Turkish in 2005, chronicles the life of his Armenian grandmother who survived the early 20th century massacres of Armenians thanks to an Ottoman soldier. The historical account has prompted as much controversy among the Armenian diaspora, not least in the US, as it has in Turkey.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/turkey/story/0,,2222066,00.html

Subject: Re: Dawkins book faces Turkish ban Thu Jan 03, 2008 7:18 pm

Goddamn Turkeys!! :x

Dawkins book faces Turkish ban

Dawkins book faces Turkish ban

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