Proceeding contribution from Andrew Dismore (Labour) in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 7 June 2006. It occurred during Adjournment debate on Genocide (Armenia and Assyria).
Genocide (Armenia and Assyria)
The real problem is that article 301 of the Turkish penal code makes it an offence to insult Turkishness, and that is what Orhan Pamuk has been charged with. During the past year, 29 other journalists have been charged under that article, and eight have been convicted. Article 305 talks of acts against the fundamental national interest—
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- 2005-06
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- Armenia Genocide Turkey Christianity Assyria
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