In Turkey there is a law that makes it a crime to ‘insult Turkishness<\/em>‘.<\/p>\n

To criticize this law is considered an ‘attempt to influence the judiciary<\/em>‘. Which is also a crime.<\/p>\n

Turkish authors who have written about the brutal slaying of over one million Armenians during WW1 by the Turkish, have been charged with the crime of ‘insulting Turkishness’<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Turkey, who is seeking membership of the European Union, has been told, by that same European Union, that European Union members have a thing against putting writers in jail for expressing opinions. Something to do with that silly\u00c2\u00a0thing about\u00c2\u00a0freedom of press and speech.<\/p>\n

During the trials of these ‘Turkishness insulting<\/em>‘ writers,\u00c2\u00a0there were large protests by people waving European Union flags with Nazi swastika’s on ‘m and slogans referring to ‘EU Fascism’, thereby\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n

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• expressing their opinions about\u00c2\u00a0the EU’s suggestion to not put\u00c2\u00a0people in jail for expressing their opinions<\/li>\n
• supporting a law which, if the EU would adopt a similar one (criminalize insulting ‘European Unioness<\/em>‘), they would go to jail for.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

  I’d say, let’s not make\u00c2\u00a0Turkey a\u00c2\u00a0member of the European Union just yet<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

  (btw, when was Turkey geographically moved to Europe? Last time I was there, it was still firmly planted in the Middle East)<\/p>\n

  (link to article)<\/a><\/p>\n

  Note: I hope I didn’t insult anyone’s ‘Turkishness<\/em>‘ with this post. If so: I’m profoundly sorry for your reaction! (I learned this clever way of ‘apologizing<\/em>‘ from the Pope!)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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